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Efforts continue to try to stop an escalation of the violence as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.

Russia will today sign a treaty with its protectorate in the Caucasus, the Republic of Abkhazia. Annexation, integration, or simply friendship?

The visit came amid increasing concerns about the fate of Christian minorities in the Levant and the Middle East.

The bodies of the three Armenian servicemen killed in the downing of a helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone earlier this month have been retrieved according to sources close to the Ministry of Defence of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The sources said that this was done during a special operation near the crash site in the no man's land between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Gun fire was exchanged during the operation. It is not known if there were any casualties on either side. (source: commonspace.eu with agencies). A spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has denied that there has been any Armenian special operation near the helicopter crash site and has described the story as a provocation. (commonspace.eu with agencies).

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan report dozens of cease fire violations in the last hours.

A statement issued by the co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Process has caused controversy due to its choice of words. The core message in it however needs to be heeded.

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that occurred last week that highlighted the opposite ends of the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The UNM organised a large protest in Tbilisi on Saturday. Joseph Alexander Smith reports on the event for commonspace.eu.

War rhetoric follows downing of Armenian helicopter in Karabakh conflict zone, as international community calls for restraint.