Interfax - Russia & CIS Diplomatic Panorama July 19, 2017 Wednesday 7:43 PM MSK Moscow favors upgrading of OSCE monitors' capabilities in Nagorno-Karabakh MOSCOW. July 19 No decisions on stepping up the work of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Nagorno-Karabakh have been made because of the conflicting parties' positions, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said. "Indeed, there is the need to step up operational capabilities on the contact line to monitor ceasefire observance and non-resumption of military confrontation. Unfortunately, no such decisions have yet been achieved because the positions of the two conflicting parties run counter to each other," Lukashevich said to journalists during a TV link with Vienna on Wednesday. "But the objective is very certain, and it is supported by the co-chairs [of the OSCE Minsk Group]. I think the OSCE is currently unlikely to be able to do more than the three Minsk Group co-chairs," he said. "The co-chairs are not magicians, and they cannot ensure a level of security guaranteeing that the parties won't use force," he said.