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Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are now associate member states of the EU and partners in a free trade area. Despite many obstacles they had to overcome, the asspirations of millions of their citizens can now start to be fulfilled.

President Aliev, wearing combat fatigues, watched the exercises that involved 4000 personnel and hundreds of tanks, military vehicles, fighter planes and helicopters.

25 June: An Armenian soldier was killed last night as a result of Azerbaijani fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. Armenian media named the soldier as 19 year old Armen Avetisyan. In a separate incident yesterday a tractor hit a mine in the Martuni district of the conflict zone. Two people were injured and were hospitalised.

Commonspace.eu political editor said the trips to Baku and Yerevan have not been easy for the head of the Russian diplomacy.

20 June: : Several incidents involving casualties have been reported in the last twenty-four hours on the line of contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. Armenian sources say that two Armenian soldiers were killed, one close to Nagorno-Karabakh territory and one near the region of Ararat. Meanwhile Azerbaijani media sources say that a number of civilians were injured in the village of Alibeyli in the Tovuz Region of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone as a result of Armenian weapon fire. The injured are in a stable condition and there has been no report of the incident from the Armenian side. The village of Alibeyli has been the scene of other similar incidents in recent months.

Most politicians expected that their parties will do better, but as Joseph Alexander Smith reports from Tbilisi for commonspace.eu, last Sunday's poll confirmed that Georgian democracy is taking roots.

Participants hail the NATO PA event in Baku as an important contribution to public diplomacy and welcome the spirit of openness during the event despite some tense moments.

In a rare opportunity to engage on home territory Armenian and Azerbaijani politicians stick to script when talking about Karabakh conflict.

An event of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Baku offers opportunity for a frank exchange of views on Karabakh and other issues