The OSCE Mission on Thursday, May 19 conducted a planned monitoring of the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the eastern direction of Martakert.

From the positions of the Karabakh Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Simon Tiller (Great Britain) and representative of the OSCE High Level Planning Group (HLPG), Colonel Andrey Barashkin (Russia).

From the opposite side of the line of contact, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria) and Head of the OSCE High Level Planning Group, Colonel Hans Lampalzer (Austria).

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

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