On August 23, in accordance with the earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces’ contact-line in the Askeran direction. 

From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring was held by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ambassador Andrzey Kaspzyk (Poland). The monitoring group included Field Assistants of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jiri Aberle (Czech Republic) and William Prior (Great Britain). 

On the opposite side, the monitoring group comprised Field Assistant of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Antal Herdich (Hungary) and Coordinator of the office of PRCiO Peter Kee (Great Britain). 

The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule. 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.