STEPANAKERT. – In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), the Organization for Security and Co-operation 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 Monday, in the eastern direction of Talish village of NKR Martakert Region, the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), Field Assistant to the Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO); and Peter Svedberg (Sweden), staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO. 

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative to the OSCE CiO; and his field assistant Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule, and no ceasefire violation was recorded.

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