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 Tuesday, and northwest of Seysulan village of the NKR Martakert Region, the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

From the positions of the Artsakh defense army, the monitoring was conducted by Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic) and Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova), Field Assistants to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was held by Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria), Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO; Simon Tiller (Great Britain), Personal Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO; and Peter Svedberg (Sweden), staff member of the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO.

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

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