Azerbaijan fails to take OSCE mission to previously agreed monitoring point

PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 19, in accordance with the previously achieved agreement with the NKR authorities the OSCE mission conducted а regular monitoring of the line of contact of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the south-eastern direction of the Kuropatkino settlement of Martuni region, NKR.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring mission was headed by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk. The monitoring group included Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary), William Pryor (Great Britain) and Zhaslan Nurtazin (Kazakhstan).

From the opposite side, the monitoring was held by Coordinator of the OSCE Office Lieutenant-Colonel Imre Palatinus (Hungary) and Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria).

No violation of the ceasefire was observed during the monitoring. However, the Azerbaijani side, unlike Karabakh, did not take the OSCE mission to the previously agreed point of its frontline, as a result of which the monitoring was conducted from a farther distance.

The monitoring mission from the Karabakh side was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, NKR Foreign Ministry press service reported.