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Armenia takes over CSTO Chairmanship.

16 September 2015

President Serzh Sargsyan informed leaders of the alliance, meeting in Dushambe, of the threat of escalation of tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in the Karabakh conflict zone, and the risks that they constitute for the entire South Caucasus region.

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Azerbaijan announces core defence budget of 1.837 billion manats for 2016

South Caucasus

Azerbaijan announces core defence budget of 1.837 billion manats for 2016

15 September 2015

This is a slight increase on last year's budget for core defence which was estimated at 1.778 billion manats. These figures however do not include expenditure on "Spercial Defence projects"

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Aliev and Sargsyan will meet before the end of the year. Maybe!

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Aliev and Sargsyan will meet before the end of the year. Maybe!

13 September 2015

US Minsk Group co-Chair said that details will be discussed with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York shortly.

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Turkic Nations Summit opens in Astana

11 September 2015

One of the items being discussed at the summit is the creation of a pan Turkic television station, an idea described by President Aliev of Azerbaijan as a fine project that will strengthen friendship between Turkic-speaking peoples.

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Armenia and Russia will create a joint air defence system in the Caucasus.

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Armenia and Russia will create a joint air defence system in the Caucasus.

9 September 2015

General Pavel Kurachenko, chief of the Russian General Staff said both sides had already approved the agreement which will be signed later this year.

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Putin and Sargsyan discuss Karabakh and economic relations in Moscow.

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Putin and Sargsyan discuss Karabakh and economic relations in Moscow.

8 September 2015

During the visit it was confirmed that Russia will give Armenia a soft loan of US$200 million to enable it to replenish and modernise its military equipment.

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Armenian President to meet Putin in Moscow later today

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Armenian President to meet Putin in Moscow later today

7 September 2015

Bilateral relations, the work of the EEU and issues related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict are on the agenda.

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Azerbaijan mobilises entire armed forces for "large-scale exercises".

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Azerbaijan mobilises entire armed forces for "large-scale exercises".

6 September 2015

Sixty five thousand troops and six thousand reserves are participating in military exercises that are to last one week

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A very dangerous moment - in fiction and in fact!

South Caucasus

A very dangerous moment - in fiction and in fact!

4 September 2015

Military exercises being held by Armenia and Azerbaijan add drama to the real fighting that is ongoing. It is not going to require much for fiction to become fact.

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Armenia takes over CSTO Chairmanship.

Azerbaijan announces core defence budget of 1.837 billion manats for 2016

Aliev and Sargsyan will meet before the end of the year. Maybe!

Turkic Nations Summit opens in Astana

Armenia and Russia will create a joint air defence system in the Caucasus.

Putin and Sargsyan discuss Karabakh and economic relations in Moscow.

Armenian President to meet Putin in Moscow later today

Azerbaijan mobilises entire armed forces for "large-scale exercises".

A very dangerous moment - in fiction and in fact!