STEPANAKERT. – In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.

The monitoring was held on Wednesday, in the eastern direction of Karakhanbeyli settlement of the Fizuli Region.

The NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that, from the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO); and his field assistants Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), and Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), Field Assistant of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO; Peter Svedberg (Sweden), staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO; and Simon Tiller (Great Britain), Personal Assistant of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO.

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule.

No ceasefire violation was recorded.

From the Artsakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.