OSCE Mission monitors Line of Contact
On September 17, in accordance with the arrangement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the southern direction of the Gulistan village of the Shahumyan region, the press service of NKR Foreign Ministry reports.
From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine), as well as by Head of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group (HLPG) Colonel Markus Widmer (Switzerland).
From the opposite side of the line of contact, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria) and representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group (HLPG) Lieutenant-Colonel Tuncay Sevin (Turkey).
The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire regime was registered.
From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.