The Armenian Foreign Minister met the diplomats from the Minsk Group on Saturday as efforts continue to push for a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations with Azerbaijan. Meanwhile a senior Azerbaijani official described the Minsk Group as "dead".

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi came to a close with a glitzy ceremony and a feeling that Russia had confounded all skeptics and critics.

Issues related to the situation on the line of contact were discussed in the meeting

Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey are setting an example on how regional co-operation can work in practice. An annual Presidential summit will now add political weight to the process

In a rare interview with the media the envoy of the OSCE Chairmanship speaks about the problems of monitoring the ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

With no independent monitoring of the cease fire regime on the line of contact it is impossible to verify the true facts

An adjournment debate was triggered by Labour MP Stephen Pound. The Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds replied on behalf of the government

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says Georgia should sort out its relations with Russia, but a meeting with Putin will require a lot of preparation.

The presence of a small Georgian team at the Sochi Olympics sent a strong message of peace and reconciliation that the whole region should now embrace.

Within hours of the departure of the Minsk Group diplomats from the region the Karabakh conflict claims another young life despite promises to respect the Olympic spirit.