OSCE Monitoring of contact line registers no ceasefire breaches

On August 23, in accordance with an earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission monitored the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces' contact-line in the Askeran direction, the NKR Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.

Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzey Kaspzyk (Poland) led the monitoring from the positions of the NKR Defense Army. The monitoring group included Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Irjie Aberle (Czech Republic) and William Prior (Great Britain). 

On the opposite side, the monitoring group comprised Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Coordinator of the office of PRCiO Peter Kee (Great Britain). 

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No breach of the cease-fire regime was registered.  From the Karabakh party, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.

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