Commentary: The Eastern Partnership is proving to be a versatile and effective instrument, but work needs to continue to fine tune its strategy

Zaver Hovanis Karapetyan said he currently lives in the Dovekh village of Armenia, but Armenians say no such person lives in the village

Azerbaijan says an Armenian sabotage group tried to breach the line of contact last night but was repulsed and one Armenian soldier was captured. Armenia has described the report as disinformation

Diplomats of the Minsk Group co-chair countries said in a statement at the end of their visit to the region that the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan "expressed their intention to resume political dialogue in an attempt to find a compromise solution for the most controversial issues of the settlement"

In this op-ed for commonspace.eu, Azerbaijani conflictologist Avaz Hasanov says that at this stage neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan are interested in starting a new war in Karabakh, but if a new war was to start this will only strengthen Russia’s hand in the region.

The representatives of the three co-Chair countries continue their visit to the region with meetings in Baku on Monday, after visiting Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabakh last week.

Armenia said that Azerbaijan has not informed it of the exercises, as it was obliged to do under international agreements

Both sides report serious incidents in the last 48 hours. One more Armenian soldier was reported killed on Saturday morning (17 June).

3 Armenian soldiers were reported killed on Friday afternoon. An Azerbaijani soldier was reported killed on Thursday. No further information is available at this stage.

"Our country is a reliable partner of the EU", Aliyev told Hahn, adding that EU-Azerbaijan relations are of a strategic nature and based on many years of co-operation".