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Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 13 October 2020
Publishing date: 13 October 2020
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons decreased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 13 October 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA/MOSCOW, 13 October, 2020- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) released the following statement today:
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 243/2020 issued on 12 October 2020
Publishing date: 12 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary Between the evenings of 9 and 11 October, the SMM recorded ten ceasefire violations in Donetsk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 26 ceasefire violations in the region. Between the evenings of 9 and 11 October, the SMM recorded no ceasefire violations in Luhansk region.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 242/2020 issued on 10 October 2020
Publishing date: 10 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded 26 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and eight in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded four ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska,
Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 10 October 2020
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Moscow, 10 October 2020- The Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) welcome the joint announcement by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Armenian Foreign Minister Zorab Mnatsakanyan, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on a humanitarian ceasefire and call on the sides to execute their commitments in full.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict context, supports resumption of substantive negotiations
Publishing date: 10 October 2020
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA/TIRANA, 10 October 2020 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Albania’s Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Edi Rama, welcomed news of a humanitarian ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict context. “We need stability, both on the ground and in the process led by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs,” Rama said. “The agreement reached in Moscow overnight by Armenia and Azerbaijan puts us on the path towards the resumption of substantive negotiations in the agreed format,” Rama added.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 241/2020 issued on 9 October 2020
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary The SMM recorded four ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and none in Luhansk region. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 36 ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and two in Luhansk region. A man died due to the detonation of an explosive object in Obozne, Luhansk region. The