"The world doesn't need a new arms race that would benefit no one and on the contrary would bring even more instability", the European Union said in a statement

At the Beirut meeting were also representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun). The ARF branch in Armenia had a small faction in the outgoing Armenian parliament and played an ambivalent role during the political turmoil of last spring.

Metropolitan Hilarion met Pope Francis and briefed Catholic officials on the decisions of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church adopted at its meeting on October 15 in Minsk relating to the dispute with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople regarding Ukraine

Medvedev said he told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker "what is so well-known"

The USD 6.3 billion Star Refinery will help cut Turkey's dependence on imported refined oil products. It will also boost Turkish refining capacity by 30 percent.

Azerbaijani media identified him as Bahram Hasanzada, a foreign citizen, and says he "was engaged in espionage according to instructions from foreign services, to the detriment of Azerbaijan's state security".

The report makes a number of recommendations that "aim to guide peace negotiators, policymakers, donors, and national and international civil society activists who work to promote mutual understanding and peace between the societies divided by the Nagorny Karabakh conflict".

In an emotional televised speech Pashinyan told Armenians: "I love you all, I am proud of you all, I bow before you all, I kiss you all."

Participants commended the efforts being made to eradicate the problem of land mines and unexploded ordinance in the South Caucasus.

Co-operation between the EU and its six Eastern partner countries in the last year has focused on working towards stronger economies, stronger governance, stronger connectivity and stronger societies.