"I will not express too much optimism, this is a difficult problem, and the experience of our negotiations proves that it won't end quickly", the Russian Foreign Minister said in Yerevan on Tuesday (21 November)
The long resolution listing dozens of recommendations on future engagement between the EU and the six Eastern Partnership countries was adopted at a plenary session of the Parliament ahead of the Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for 24 November in Brussels.
Geography is a key to understanding the Iranian grand strategy and its ambitions. Its strategic outlook is very much rooted in the country's ancient and medieval history writes Emil Avdaliani
Georgia and Armenia need to develop a strategic relationship in order to see off a number of geo-political challenges, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
Minsk Group co-chairmen will meet separately with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday, although it is not clear if the Ministers will also meet face to face.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the good relations between Russia and "important partner and ally" South Ossetia when he met Anatoly Bibilov, the leader of the Georgian breakaway region in Moscow on Tuesday (14 November).