OSCE MISSION CONDUCTS PLAN MONITORING AT NKR AND AZERBAIJAN’S ARMED FORCES CONTACT-LINE

Noyan Tapan
June 11, 2009

STEPANAKERT, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the agreement
reached with the Nagorno Karabakh Republic authorities in advance,
on June 10, the OSCE mission conducted a plan monitoring at NKR and
Azerbaijan’s armed forces contact-line in the direction of Fizuli,
near the populated area of Karakhanbeyli.

Field Assistants of Personal Representative of the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office Irzhi Aberle (Czech Republic) and Vladimir Chuntulov
(Bulgaria) conducted the monitoring from the positions of the NKR
defence army.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR Foreign Ministry Press Service,
though the monitoring was held according to the schedule, nevertheless
the Azeri side did not lead the monitoring mission to its front line,
the point, over which an agreement had been reached in advance, and
the OSCE monitoring groups had to carry out the monitoring from a
farther distance.

No cease-fire regime violations were recorded during the monitoring.

Representatives of the NKR Foreign Ministry and Defence Ministry
accompanied the monitoring mission on the part of Karabakh.