STEPANAKERT. – In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission will conduct a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan.

The monitoring will be held on Wednesday, in the direction of the Martakert Region of the NKR, to the northwest of Talish settlement, the Artsakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Armenian News-NEWS.am..

From the positions of the Defense Army of the Artsakh Republic, the monitoring will be conducted by Field Assistants to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO) Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova) and Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), as well as staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO Peter Svedberg (Sweden).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring will be held by Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Field Assistant Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), and Personal Assistant Simon Tiller (Great Britain).

The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have expressed their readiness to assist in conducting the monitoring and to ensure the safety of the OSCE Mission members.