The Office of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office held a regular monitoring of the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the direction of the Aygepar village in Tavush region.
From the Armenian side the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistants of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine) and Peter Svedberg (Sweden).
Before the monitoring the OSCE officials were briefed on the situation at the Tavush border and the statistics of ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani side. The heads of Movses and Verin Karmiraghbyur communities voiced their concern over the shelling of civilians.
During the monitoring the parties established radio communication and provided security guarantees. No incidents were registered during the monitoring.
The OSCE officials were also accompanied to one of the villages that suffered as a result of the attack to register the consequences of the shelling on the ground and learn about the concerns of the local population.
The Field Assistants of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office made some notes, which they will include in future reports.