On July 2, in accordance with the agreement achieved with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the line of contact between the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces in the northern direction of the Talish village of NKR’s Martakert region.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria) and Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), as well as by staff member of the Office Peter Svedberg.

From the opposite side of the line of contact, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and his Field Assistant Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of the ceasefire was registered.

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