OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS FIRST TIME TO HOLD A MONITORING OF CONTACT LINE BETWEEN NKR AND AZERBAIJANI ARMED FORCES

PanARMENIAN.Net - YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. The visit of the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh conflict settlement to Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) is planned on May 19th.

As the correspondent of Mediamax reported today from Stepanakert, during the visit, the monitoring of the contact line between the Armed Forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan with the participation of the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group is planned for the first time. During the monitoring, the mediators will cross the defense positions of the sides in Agdam direction and will come to Nagorno Karabakh.

In the course of the visit the mediators will meet also with the leadership of the Martakert region of NKR, will visit Gandzasar monastery and the modern woodworking industrial complex in the village of Vank. On May 19th, NKR Foreign Minister Naira Melkumian and Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Seyran Ohanian will receive co-chairmen Carey Cavanaugh, Nikolai Gribkov and Philip de Surmaine.

On May 20th, meetings of the co-chairmen with representatives of accredited international organizations in NKR, as well as a trip to one of the administrative regions of the republic are envisaged, after what the mediators will leave for Armenia. --0--