On October 4, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the NKR and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line, in the Martakert direction. From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary), William Prior (Great Britain), and representative of the High Level Planning Group Michel O’Connor (Ireland). On the opposite side, the monitoring group comprised Coordinator of the OSCE Office Imre Palatinus (Hungary), Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Chisto Christov (Bulgaria), and representative of the High Level Planning Group Vladimir Reznikov (Russian Federation). The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule, and no violation of the cease-fire regime was fixed. From the Karabakh party, the monitoring mission was accompanied by representatives of the NKR Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense. NKR MFA Press Service

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