OSCE REGULAR MONITORING OF NAGORNO KARABAKH AND AZERBAIJAN ARMED
FORCES’ CONTACT-LINE IN AGDAM DIRECTION HELD

STEPANAKERT, August 4 (Noyan Tapan). On August 4, the OSCE Mission
held a regular monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed
forces’ contact-line in the Agdam direction. From the positions of the
NKR Defense Army, the monitoring mission was led by Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzey Kasprzyk. The
group comprised Field Assistants of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office’s
Personal Representative Miroslav Vimetal (Czechia) and Yurgen Schmidt
(Germany). The monitoring passed in accordance with the planned
schedule, and no violations of the cease-fire regime were fixed. From
the Karabakh party, representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign
Affairs and Defense accompanied the OSCE monitoring mission. On the
eve, Ambassador Kasprzyk had meetings in the NKR Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and the Defense Ministry. On August 2, NKR President Arkady
Ghoukassian received Chief of Armenia’s Armed Forces’ Main
Headquarters, General-Colonel Michael Haroutunian. He is invited to
the NKR as an observer of the command-staff trainings of Nagorno
Karabakh Defense Army’s troops units which took place on August
3-12. Issues, related to the current situation and the prospects of
the development of the cooperation between the military departments of
the two republics, were discussed at the meeting in which NKR Defense
Minister, General-Lieutenant Seiran Ohanian took part.

On August 3, NKR President Arkady Ghoukassian received representative
of the Armenian Evangelic Community of America (AECA) in Armenia and
Nagorno Karabakh Rene Levonian. In the course of the meeting,
Mr. Levonian acquainted the state’s President with the course of
realizing social programs, in particular, construction of
kindergartens in the republic’s regions, summer camps in the towns of
Shoushi and Stepanakert, rendering assistance to the old people’s
homes and other projects realized by the community in
Artsakh. Mr. Levonian noted that the mission headed by him intended to
continue its activity in the NKR for contributing to the republic’s
leadership in solving Nagorno Karabakh’s vital problems. The NKR
President positively evaluated the community’s activity in Nagorno
Karabakh. On August 3, NKR President Arkady Ghoukassian received
Vice-Speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly, Member of the Supreme
Body of the ARF “Dashnaktsutiun” Vahan Hovannissian. Issues, related
to the democratic reforms in the NKR, the role of party organizations
in the process, were discussed in the course of the meeting. In this
connection, Mr. Hovannissian noted the necessity of expanding the
cooperation between the “Dashnaktsutiun” party and the republic’s
authorities, solving the existing problems by joint efforts. Arkady
Ghoukassian expressed the NKR leadership’s concern in the constructive
cooperation with all the political forces of the republic, including
the “Dashnaktsutiun” party.