OSCE and PACE delegations visit conflict area

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission to Nagorno-Karabakh will conduct reinforced monitoring along the Line of Contact, it was revealed on Tuesday.

The monitoring will take place along the northwestern portion of the Line of Contact, in the direction of Talish village, the self-declared Nagorno-Karbakh Republic’s authorities told Armenpress news agency.

Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s personal representative, will conduct the monitoring mission alongside two others. The NKR authorities have said they are ready to help the mission.

It was also announced on Monday that a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will make a fact-finding visit to Armenia on 11-12 May.

Alan Meale, from the UK, and Giuseppe Galati, from Italy, will meet the Armenian president, prime minister, and other high ranking officials.

SOURCE: commonspace.eu and agencies

PHOTO: OSCE headquarters in Vienna

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