Diogo Pinto said that the objectives of the European Friends of Armenia will remain "building bridges between Armenia and the European institutions, decision-makers and civil society, for further and deeper integration of Armenia in the European family."

The press service of the Armenian president said on its website that "at the Summit, President Serzh Sargsyan made a statement in which he spoke about regional issues and challenges"

In the end, what needs to be judged, is not the ability of a particular political party to push through constitutional changes, but the substance of these changes, and the process used to adopt them.

EUSR Herbert Salber will be in Armenia at the end of this week, where he is expected to meet with president Serzh Sargsyan. Next week EUSR Salber will be in Baku where he is expected to meet president Ilham Aliev.

The fifth round of negotiations between Armenia and the European Union on a new framework agreement is scheduled to take place in Yerevan next week. Independent political analyst Alexander Petrosyan reflects on the current state of negotiations in this op-ed for commonspace.eu

In an interview with the Russian news agency "Sputknik" the President dismissed any prospect that Azerbaijan will agree to the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and said the issue has to be settled within the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.

Since 1991, be it under president Yeltsin, or president Putin, Russian officials have consistently refused to see the former Soviet space beyond Russia as foreign territory

Patriarch Kirill is probably the only senior Russian personality that is able to visit London these days and still be accorded an audience with the Queen.

Armenia remains dissatisfied with the support of its CSTO allies in its conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh

Earlier, an aide to president Putin, Yuri Ushakov had indicated that the summit would adopt a text on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But subsequently Kremlin spokesperson Dimitri Peskov said when asked, "No, not today".