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Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan hold important trilateral meeting
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Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan hold important trilateral meeting

23 August 2025
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan held important trilateral meetings in the Turkmen city of Turkmenbashi on Friday, 22 August. Joint development of deposits on the Caspian shelf and cooperation in the field of energy exports, including renewable sources, were discussed. The talks came in the framework of the visit to Turkmenistan of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Shovkat Mirzizoyev of  Uzbekistan who were hosted by the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty (Senate) of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who is a former president and the father of the current president, Serdar Berdimuhamedov. Azerbaijani media noted that during the meeting Uzbekistan hailed a scheme to export green electricity to Europe as promising, while Turkmen officials signaled a new openness to ideas long discussed in Brussels and Ankara, to build a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, a project that has been under discussion for more than 30 years.

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President of Armenia not to attend NATO Summit in Chicago
President of Armenia not to attend NATO Summit in Chicago
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President of Armenia not to attend NATO Summit in Chicago

21 May 2012
The draft declaration of the Chicago Summit includes general formulations on the settlement of conflicts in the South Caucasus and Moldova, which, despite changes it has undergone after the Lisbon declaration, counters the approaches of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which have been voiced on many occasions by the Presidents of the United States, Russia and France.
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Azerbaijan fails to lead OSCE mission to its frontline positions
Azerbaijan fails to lead OSCE mission to its frontline positions
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Azerbaijan fails to lead OSCE mission to its frontline positions

16 May 2012
On May 16, in accordance with the agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission held scheduled monitoring of the Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces' contact-line near the village of Kuropatkino, Martouni region, the NKR Foreign Ministry reports
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ENP makes less enthusiastic assessment of Armenia's progress in 2011
ENP makes less enthusiastic assessment of Armenia's progress in 2011
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ENP makes less enthusiastic assessment of Armenia's progress in 2011

16 May 2012
The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EAS) adopted their annual European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) package, on 15 May, assessing the progress made in 12 neighbouring countries over the past year and sharing recommendations for the way forward.
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OSCE MG reminds Armenia and Azerbaijan of their commitments to "accelerate" reaching agreement on Basic Principles
OSCE MG reminds Armenia and Azerbaijan of their commitments to "accelerate" reaching agreement on Basic Principles
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OSCE MG reminds Armenia and Azerbaijan of their commitments to "accelerate" reaching agreement on Basic Principles

15 May 2012
The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk (Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office) traveled May 11-14 to Yerevan and Baku, where they met with Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev to discuss the most recent efforts to resolve the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict
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