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Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents met in Geneva (updated)

16 October 2017

President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan during a constructive meeting agreed to take measures to intensify the negotiation process and to take additional steps to reduce tensions on the Line of Contact.

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Yerevan celebrates birthday with music and a hot air balloon festival

16 October 2017

On Saturday, the Armenian capital marked its birthday with city wide celebrations

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Geneva summit: high stakes, low expectations

15 October 2017

The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Geneva on Monday (16 October) in the latest effort to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. While the stakes are high, expectaions about the results are low.

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Trump moves against Iran nuclear deal

14 October 2017

The US President said he was referring the deal to Congress and would consult allies on how to alter the deal.

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Armenian sources say Armenia-Azerbaijan summit will be held in Geneva next week

13 October 2017

International mediators visited the region last week and met the two presidents, afterwards announcing that the two countries had agreed to re-engage in discussions.

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Armenian soldier killed on border with Azerbaijan

12 October 2017

According to Armenian sources 19 year old Chaplin Margharyan was killed by Azerbaijani gunfire on Tuesday (10 Ocotber) on the international border between the two countries.

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Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held in Sochi

12 October 2017

Opening the summit, President Putin said the meeting will chart the path for further strengthening interaction within the CIS and the leaders will exchange opinions on what should be done to make the Commonwealth and its structures more efficient.

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European Parliament discusses ways to strengthen support for Eastern Partnership countries

11 October 2017

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament proposes the set-up of trust funds for Eastern neighbours as part of a series of recommendations ahead of the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Brussels in November

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Opinion: A new crisis in US-Iran relations is unwelcome in the South Caucasus

10 October 2017

President Trump's decertification of the Iran deal will put in jeopardy a number of regional projects, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

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Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents met in Geneva (updated)

Yerevan celebrates birthday with music and a hot air balloon festival

Geneva summit: high stakes, low expectations

Trump moves against Iran nuclear deal

Armenian sources say Armenia-Azerbaijan summit will be held in Geneva next week

Armenian soldier killed on border with Azerbaijan

Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) held in Sochi

European Parliament discusses ways to strengthen support for Eastern Partnership countries

Opinion: A new crisis in US-Iran relations is unwelcome in the South Caucasus