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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. |