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May meets with Erdogan in Ankara
28 January 2017
May flew into Ankara on Saturday morning, after her meeting yesterday with the new US President Donald Trump.
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"The EU and Armenia are close to finalising negotiations on a new framework agreement, but there are still open issues"
25 January 2017
The Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Piotr Switalski, gave a positive assessment of relations between the European Union and Armenia when he spoke to journalists on Tuesday (24 January) at the Media Centre in Yerevan.
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Commentary: Armenia and the European Union try again
23 January 2017
The progress in the negotiations between the EU and Armenia on a new framework agreement is welcomed, but there are still “open issues”, and political hurdles to overcome; and whatever is agreed will still fall short of the Association Agreement envisaged in 2013.
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Azerbaijan pins hope of solution to Karabakh conflict on Russia's "serious engagement"
18 January 2017
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, said in an interview that that if there is serious Russian engagement with the Karabakh issue, "the status quo will change, stability will be restored in the region, and the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories will be ensured"
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EU says that respect for international humanitarian law is a must
13 January 2017
EU Special Representative emphasised importance of respect for cease fire, and for international humanitarian law, in comments on recent incidents on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border
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Minsk Group co-Chair comment on Armenia-Azerbaijan border incident
10 January 2017
"Baku and Yerevan continue to accuse each other of a December 29, 2016 attempted incursion on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border resulting in casualties. Armenian Armed Forces are still holding the body of an Azerbaijan serviceman killed in the fighting."
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US appoints experienced diplomat as co-Chair ad-interim of the OSCE Minsk process on Karabakh
30 December 2016
Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland will assume the position on 1 January, replacing Ambassador James Warlick, who will step down on December 31
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Conflicting reports of serious incidents on Armenia-Azerbaijan state border (Updated 2)
29 December 2016
There are conflicting reports of serious incidents on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border on Thursday (29 December). Armenia says it has killed seven Azerbaijani soldiers. Azerbaijan denies the report but says one of its soldiers is missing. Armenia says three of its own soldiers are dead. Both sides accuse each other of starting the incident.
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Senior Azerbaijani politician slams Minsk Group
28 December 2016
Ziyafat Asgerov said his country can only rely on its own strength, and therefore the defence budget was not being reduced despite the economic downturn. Asgerov accused Armenia of simulating its participation in negotiations for the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, and as a result Baku has the right to liberate its territories by military means