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 Thursday, in the direction of NKR Askeran Region, northeast of Kengerli village, 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) and Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), field assistants to the Personal Representative to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

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

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

The Azerbaijani side, however, did not lead the OSCE mission to its frontlines.

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