YEREVAN (Sputnik) — The authorities of the self-proclaimed region of Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed on the monitoring of the situation in the area of the conflict by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Karabakh's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ani Sargsyan said Wednesday.
"We sent today our consent to conduct monitoring along the contact line between the armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan through the office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson," Sargsyan told RIA Novosti.
The violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region with a predominantly Armenian population, escalated on Saturday. Baku and Yerevan have accused each other of provoking hostilities. On Tuesday, the conflicting sides reached the ceasefire deal at a meeting in Moscow.