30 July: Azerbaijani sources say that a 33 year old Azerbaijan Army officer has been klilled by Armenian fire on the contact line near the region of Agdam (TREND)
The reasons were not immediately clear but there has been a history of tension between the secularist military and the governing AK party in recent years.
29 July: The supply of gas from Iran to Turkey has been interrupted following an explosion on the main gas pipeline between the two countries (agencies)
29 July: A Polish report has found that Russia was partly to blame for the air crash last year which killed then-President Lech Kazynski. It said that pilot error was the main reason for the crash, but that air controllers and poor lighting at Smolensk we
28 July: Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliev has reiterated that Nagorno Karabakh is and will remain part of Azerbaijan.He added that "The time will come, when Azerbaijan will restore its sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh either by peaceful or military
28 July: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan addressing a Press Conference with the visiting Polish President said when referring to the Karabakh negotiations "We have only one demand: the conflict should be solved on the basis of principles and norms
The Armenian Leader added that “One should respect the legal right of Nagorno-Karabakh to manage its own fate, have guarantees of security and prospects for development in its historic homeland. Everyone should respect these rights. There is no other solution”.