The Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring on the line of contact on Nov. 14 in the Fuzuli district, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Nov. 13.

The ceasefire monitoring exercise on the Line of Contact, in the direction of Aghdam region, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on October 31, ended with no incident, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Oct. 31.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will urge the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to build upon the reduction in tensions during the visit to the South Caucasus region.

An OSCE-organized joint Turkmen-Afghan workshop on combating illicit trafficking in cultural property concluded in Ashgabat, the organizer of the event, the OSCE’s Ashgabat office said in a statement.

Strengthening protection and preparedness against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise held in Turkmenistan’s capital on 17 and 18 October 2018, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Turkmenistan office reported.

Representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in an OSCE-supported regional seminar “Combating financing of terrorism: best practices within the OSCE region” in Ashgabat, the OSCE said in a message.

OSCE PA president is expected to appoint a new special representative on South Caucasus, reads a message on OSCE’s website.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Secretary General of the OSCE Thomas Greminger.

OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger is on a visit to Azerbaijan. He's expected to hold meetings with Azerbaijani officials, including those in the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Thomas Greminger, secretary general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), will come to Azerbaijan on a working visit, Hikmet Hajiyev, spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, told Trend Sept. 4.