THE AZERI SIDE AGAIN FAILED TO LEAD THE OSCE MISSION TO ITS FRONT POSITIONS

ArmRadio.am
30.05.2007 14:54

According to an earlir agreemnets with NKR authorities, the OSCE
Mission carried out planned monitoring of the contact line of the
armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan to the east of Seisulan
settlement in Martakert region.

Armenpress was told from NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs that
from the positions of the NKR Defense Army the monitoring was
carried out by the coordinator of the OSCE Office Imre Palatinus
(Hungary), Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Gunter Folk (Germany) and Jasline Nurtazin
(Kazakhstan). From the Azeri side the monitoring group was led by
the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej
Kasprzyk.

The monitoring was held in compliance with the prset schedule. However,
teh Azerbaijani side again failed to lead the OSCE Mission to its
front positions, as a result of which the groups had to carry out
montoring at a greater distance. Representatives of the NKR Ministry
of Foreign Affairs drew the attention of the OSCE Mission to this
violation on the part of the Azeri side.

No breaches of the cease-fire regime were registered during the
monitoring.

>From the Karabakhi side the Mission was accompanied by representatives
of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Afffairs and Defense.