Shots Fired From Azerbaijan Prior to OSCE Mission Monitoring

YEREVAN — On June 10, in accordance with the agreement reached with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission conducted a planned monitoring of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan in the Hadrut direction near Horadiz settlement, the NKR Foreign Ministry press service said.

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was conducted by Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Yevgeny Sharov (Ukraine) and staff member of the Office Peter Svedberg, as well as by representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group (HLPG) Lieutenant Colonel Dan Harvey (Ireland).

From the opposite side of the Line of Contact, the monitoring was conducted by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk and his Field Assistant Hristo Hristov (Bulgaria), as well as by representative of the OSCE High-Level Planning Group (HLPG) Colonel Ilhami Degirmencioglu (Turkey).

Before the start of the monitoring, shots were fixed from the Azerbaijani side towards the Karabakh positions, but the monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. However, the Azeri side did not lead the OSCE mission to its frontlines.

From the Karabakh side, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.