STEPANAKERT. - According to the agreement reached with the authorities of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh), the OSCE mission on Wednesday conducted a planned monitoring on the contact line of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani armed forces in Omar pass.

From the positions of the Artsakh Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (CiO), Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Field Assistant Ognjen Jovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Personal Assistant Simon Tiller (Great Britain), the press service of the Artsakh MFA informed Armenian News – NEWS.am.

From the opposite side of the contact line, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE CiO Mihail Olaru (Moldova) and staff member of the Office of the CiO Personal Representative Martin Schuster (Germany).

The monitoring was conducted in accordance with the agreed schedule. However, the Azerbaijani side did not lead the OSCE mission to its frontline positions.

From the Artsakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the Artsakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defense