Scheduled monitoring in NKR

On January 17, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line, near the NKR Martuni region’s Kuropatkino village.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring group was headed by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The group comprised Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Marius Puodziunas (Lithuania).

On the opposite side, the monitoring group comprised Coordinator of the OSCE Office Imre Palatinus (Hungary) and Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Chisto Christov (Bulgaria) and William Prior (Great Britain).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the cease-fire regime was fixed.

From the Karabakh party, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, NKR MFA Press Service reports.