Monitoring: Baku refuses to take OSCE mission members to frontlinesDecember 8, 2016 - 13:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku did not lead the OSCE mission to its frontlines on Thursday, December 8 as the OSCE was conducting a planned monitoring of the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the direction of Karabakh's Askeran region, north-east of Kengerli settlement. From the Karabakh defense army positions, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistants to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ghenadie Petrica (Moldova) and Khristo Khristov (Bulgaria). From the opposite side of the contact line, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Assistant to the CiO Personal Representative Simon Tiller (Great Britain), Field Assistant to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic), and staff member of the Office Peter Svedberg (Sweden). The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule, no violation of the ceasefire was registered. The Azerbaijani side, however, failed to take the OSCE mission to its frontlines. From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of Foreign and Defense Ministries. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |