The long and painful process of trying to achieve a breakthrough in the negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict continued over the weekend with a meeting in Vienna between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

EU Commissioner reaches out to civil society in Armenia during visit to Yerevan and says that EU wants an inclusive partnership with South Caucasus countries.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in Office discuss "intensification" of the work of the Minsk Group amidst talk of meetings with unspecified formats in Vienna.

Armenia's Attorney General Hovsepyan said "the descendants of genocide victims must receive financial compensation, Armenian Apostolic Church must get back its churches and its lands on the territory of Turkey, and Armenia must get back its territories."

Novruz Mammedov said that the British media had written in three months more articles about the case of two bloggers than they had written in twenty years on Karabakh.

There is hope that the Swiss Chairmanship next year will provide the OSCE with strong political leadership at a time when the Organisation is perceived as drifting.

Vilnius summit with Eastern Partnership countries in November will likely be the highlight of the Lithuanian Chairmanship as Moldova, Georgia and Armenia prepare to sign Association Agreements with the EU.

No statement was released after the meeting which took place in Paris on Friday.

The results of a survey of opinion in Georgia says that 67% want to join the EU, but almost all want good relations with Russia.

President Aliev took the salute at a military parade in the centre of Baku marking the 95th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Army, at which new military equipment was displayed.