On July 5, according to the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE mission held a regular monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact line, in Askeran direction.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, 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 Antal Herdich (Hungary).

On the opposite side, the monitoring group comprised Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Christo Christov (Bulgaria) and William Prior (Great Britain).

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. No violation of ceasefire was observed.

On the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense, NKR MFA Press Service reported.