2 April: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is starting a series of visits to member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on Monday. Lavrov is heading to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.The visits to Armenia and Aze
2nd Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly which starts in Baku Tuesday, with the participation of Armenian MPs, is an important step in EU-South Caucasus relations and contributes to political dialogue in the region.
After five years of negotiations the two sides have agreed on the text of a 1000 page agreement that will form the basis of their co-operation in the future.
30 March: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Iran strongly opposes any foreign intervention in Syria's conflict and will defend Damascus so it can continue "resistance" against Israel, his official website reported on Thursday.
Spokesperson for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry describes the elections for President of the self declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, scheduled for 19 July, as an Armenian provocation.
According to the arrangement with the NKR authorities, on 29 March the OSCE mission held a regular monitoring at the line of contact between the armed forces of the NKR and Azerbaijan in the Martuni direction not far from
Kuropatkino village.
29 March: Russia and the European Union discussed interim results of energy cooperation and prospects for joint work in this field at a roundtable hosted by the European Parliament on Wednesday, March 28. Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky an