ArmInfo."The incident at the  Armenian-Azerbaijani state border during OSCE monitoring was the  result of a well-thought-out policy of Azerbaijan, aimed at  discrediting OSCE Minsk Group, Deputy Chairman of the ruling  Republican Party of Armenia, head of the parliamentary commission on  foreign affairs Armen Ashotyan expressed a similar point of view on  September 2, touching the shelling of the OSCE monitoring group near  the village of Chinari on August 31.

ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry has no information on the possible convening of a meeting at the level of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in  connection with the firing on August 31 of the OSCE monitoring group  on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, have agreed to expand the OSCE monitoring group on the Line of Contact and on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, James Warlick, U.S. co-chair of the OSCE MG told RIA Novosti.
The diplomat said the co-chairs are actively working towards implementation of the commitments the two presidents assumed in Vienna and Saint Petersburg to reduce tensions and make progress in the peace process.  Warlick said enlarged talks involving high-ranking officials from each country will be continued, as progress in the diplomatic efforts is necessary to reduce the tension between the conflicting sides.  The arrangement to expand the monitoring group was made  by the two presidents on May 16 in Vienna,

The situation on contact line of Azerbaijani, Armenian troops awful, US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick told reporters in Baku on Oct.28, APA reports.