Russian-Turkish monitoring center to be set up in Agdam district - Aliyev

A Russian-Turkish monitoring center for ceasefire control in Nagorno-Karabakh will be set up in the Agdam district of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said at a meeting with the French and US co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, TASS reports.

The meeting was also attended by Russia’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Bocharnikov and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

"We are now already in the phase of creation of the monitoring center in Agdam district of Azerbaijan," Aliyev said cited by the AZERTAC news agency.

"The Turkish-Russian monitoring center will monitor the ceasefire regime. And this, I think, is also a very good sign of regional cooperation, also, a good sign of cooperation between Turkey and Russia. And this already is a reality," he added.