News update, Tuesday, 26 July:The situation around the Erebuni Police station inYerevan remains tense. Overnight two members from Sasna Tsrer, were injured by police fire as they tried to break a police cordon to deliver food to their besieged colleagues.

Borrell underlined that the European Union will make every effort to support the peace process and to remain a committed partner to the Afghan people. "Of course, we will have to take into account the evolving situation, but disengagement is not an option.  We are clear on that: there is no alternative to a negotiated political settlement, through inclusive peace talks.

On Wednesday afternoon (25 June), NATO member states unanimously agreed to increase the NATO standard for defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP over the next ten years. This is stated in the final joint declaration of the NATO summit in The Hague, published on the same day.