The funeral of the former President was attended by elder statesmen from different countries, foreign delegations and Georgia's national and religious leaders.

13 July: The funeral of former Georgian President, Edward Shevardnadze is taking place in Tbilisi. World statesmen and representative of many foreign governments are participating.

The Georgian Dream coalition now controls all local government councils throughout the country, and all levels of government from the Presidency to the Sakrebulos.

There has been no comment yet from the Azerbaijani side.

Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said he is against a change in the format, but the conduct of the co-Chair limits the effectiveness of the Group.

Edward Shevardnadze, the former President of Georgia and ex Foreign Minister of the USSR has died in Tbilisi aged 86. Shevardnadze is credited to being one of the main architects of the end of the cold war and in the 1990s as President of Georgia helped to save the country from civil war and chaos. He resigned in 2003 and has since lived a quiet life in his house in the Ktasnisi District of Tbilisi.

The British Government policy of not selling weapons that can be used in the Karabakh conflict contrasts with Russia's policy of flooding the region with weapons.

Italy's young Prime Minister Matteo Renzi creates a stir with a speech in the European Parliament calling for Europe to rediscover its soul, history and values.

In their "Baku Declaration" Parliamentarians condemn Russia's annexation of Crimea and call for its reversal. The declaration also expresses deep concern at the fate of victims of politicised court cases in Azerbaijan.

The meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Baku highlights Azerbaijan's readiness to manoevre around complicated foreign and domestic political agendas in front of a home audience.