Minsk Group Co-Chairs Crossed Line of Contact. No Ceasefire Violation Reported

On Jun. 7, according to the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held a scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line, in the Akna-Barda direction, so reads a press release issued by the foreign affairs office of the de facto republic.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Christo Christov (Bulgaria).

From Azerbaijani’s position, the monitoring was held by Coordinator of the OSCE Office Imre Palatinus (Hungary) and Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Marius Puodziunas (Lithuania).

During the monitoring, the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Robert Bradtke (US), Bernard Fassier (France), and Igor Popov (Russia), who had paid a working visit to the region, crossed the contact-line in the section, which had been previously cleared of mines.

The monitoring passed in accordance with the earlier agreed schedule and no violation of the ceasefire regime was noted.