On April 12, in accordance with the agreement achieved with the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the contact line between NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces in Askeran direction.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring group comprised Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Irjie Aberle (Czech Republic), as well as representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group (HLPG) Colonel Andrey Barashkin (Russia).

On the opposite side, the monitoring was led by Coordinator of the Office of PRCiO Peter Kee (Great Britain), Field Assistant of the OSCE PRCiO Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria) and HLPG representative Ilhami Deirmenoghlu (Turkey).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire was fixed, NKR MFA press service said.

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