STEPANAKERT. – In accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), 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 Wednesday, and in the Askeran direction.

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 field assistants Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic) and Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine) of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), and by personal assistant Simon Tiller (Great Britain) to the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO.

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by field assistant Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria) of the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO, and staff member Peter Svedberg (Sweden) of the Office.

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

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