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 the NKR Martuni Region, northeast of Ashaghy Veysali settlement, the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO), Peter Svedberg (Sweden); and head of the OSCE High Level Planning Group (HLPG), Colonel Hans Lampalzer (Austria).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Personal Assistant to the OSCE CiO Personal Representative, Simon Tiller (Great Britain); Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO, Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria); and representative of the OSCE HLPG, Major Cavit Elyas (Turkey).

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

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