April 2, 2013 - 19:00 AMT
OSCE mission to conduct monitoring of NKR-Azerbaijan contact line

The OSCE mission will conduct a monitoring of the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Martakert-Terter and Aghdam-Barda directions, with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen participating.

The monitoring, scheduled for April 4-5, will be led by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk.

During the monitoring, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen will cross the line of contact along the demined area.

The NKR authorities expressed readiness to assist in conducting the monitoring and to ensure the security of the OSCE mission members.

From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission will be accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, NKR Foreign Ministry press service reported.