On March29, inaccordance with the agreement with the authorities of theNagornoKarabakhRepublic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line in the Martouni direction, near thevillageofKuropatkino.
From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was led by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzey Kasprzyk (Poland). The monitoring group included the OSCE Office Coordinator Peter Kee (Great Britain) and Field Assistant of the PRCiO Antal Herdich (Hungary).
On the opposite side, the monitoring was led by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office William Prior (Great Britain) and Hristo Hristov (Bulgary).
The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the cease-fire regime was fixed. However, the Azerbaijani side did not lead the OSCE mission to its front-lines, as a result of which it was conducted from a farther distance.
From the Karabakh party, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.
NKR MFA Press Service