The OSCE monitoring held along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops passed without incidents on June 23, said Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry.

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has dismissed as ‘fictitious’ Armenian reports alleging that on the night of June 21 to 22, the Azerbaijani special forces made an infiltration attempt on the contact line and had to retreat after suffering four losses.

The international community has voiced concerns over developments around the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as skirmishes have become more frequent over the past months.

A trial on Alexander Lapshin, detained in Azerbaijan, is scheduled for June 30.

Belgian Senator, member of the Flemish Parliament Joris Poschet may be included into the list of undesirable persons of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry for illegal visit to the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia.

There is a lack of security in the South Caucasus region, and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict lies at the root of this, said Hikmat Hajiyev, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman.

The topic of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is always on the agenda of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s efforts, the ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on June 22.

The OSCE is expected to monitor the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops on June 23, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said June 22.

The United States is deeply concerned over the recent violations of the ceasefire, which have resulted in multiple casualties on the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops over the last week, the U.S. Department of State has said in a message.

Russia is quite active as a mediator in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and Kremlin has no contradictions with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Sergey Markov, Russian president’s confidant, told reporters in Baku on June 21.

The state of health of the arrested blogger Alexander Lapshin is under permanent control, Faig Gurbanov, head of the Human Rights and Public Relations Department of Azerbaijan’s Justice Ministry, told reporters on June 21.

Baku has removed another foreigner from its list of undesirable persons following an official appeal, said the Foreign Ministry.

The recent visit of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to the South Caucasus and their appeal to the sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict do not differ from the previous ones, said Samad Seyidov, the chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament’s Committee for International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations.

As many as 250 people have already applied for living in the restored Jojug Marjanli village although only 50 houses have been built there so far, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov said on June 20.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, tasked in mediation of the peace talks over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, have finalized their visit to the conflict region to get acquainted with the real situation on the ground and mull the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has commented for Trend on the results of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ Baku visit.

Armenia’s recent provocations on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops are deliberate and aim at escalating the situation and disrupting the negotiations, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at the meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Baku on June 19.

Baku considers Armenia's recent provocations on the frontline as a non-constructive position, said Ali Hasanov, the Azerbaijani President`s Assistant for Public and Political Affairs.

The OSCE Minsk Group (MG) encourages the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to consider measures that would reduce tensions on the Line of Contact and the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says a statement by the OSCE MG co-chairs issued on June 19.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs deeply regret the recent escalation at the frontline, Russian co-chair Igor Popov told reporters in Baku on June 19.

Russian political analyst Daria Grevtsova has told Day.az that there are several reasons implying intensification of the negotiation process in the near future.

For over two decades, the Armenian armed units illegally remain in 20 percent of internationally recognized Azerbaijani territories, and every day violate the ceasefire regime by firing Azerbaijani positions. Recently, Armenian armed forces have even more increased their provocations.

Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov met with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs Igor Popov of Russia, Richard Hoagland of the U.S. and Stephane Visconti of France, as well as Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk on June 19.

By escalating the situation on the line of contact on the eve of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen’s visit to Azerbaijan, Armenia pursues the goal of undermining the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict via substantive negotiations and maintaining the status quo, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for the Azerbaijani foreign ministry, told Trend June 17.

The UN must exert pressure on the countries that do not observe the international law and do not fulfill the UN’s decisions, Hans-Joachim Heintze, professor of international law at the University of the Ruhr Bochum, Germany, said.