Azerbaijan Skips OSCE Monitoring; Shells Artsakh Positions

Azerbaijan did not lead the OSCE mission to its front lines

STEPANAKERT””After not showing up to a regular OSCE monitoring mission on Tuesday, Azerbaijani Forces launched an attack at Artsakh positions in the eastern and northern fronts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan border, known as the Line of Contact.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Ministry reported extensive shelling by Azerbaijani forces between 5 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. local time, using mortars and other heavy artillery to shoot at Artsakh military positions, especially in Talish, the site of the most aggressive fighting during last April’s four-day war.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armed Forces said that the entire responsibility for the provocation initiated by the Azerbaijani units, and their consequences, rests on the military and political leadership of Baku. In the event that such actions continue, “the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army reserves the right to take non-proportional steps to ensure the security of the state borders of Artsakh.”