There are signs that the EU position is becoming more assertive in stating a claim for a role in an issue involving two countries with whom the Union is currently negotiating Association Agreements.

CSTO meeting in Moscow

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

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.

The European Union issues an assessment of where it sees its relations with its Eastern neighbours.

Today the Azeri and Armenian authorities do not trust each other and are waging an open information war

The OSCE will monitor the Armenian-Azeri contact line near the village of Kurpoatkino, Xocavend district, on May 16

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The Co-Chairs expressed their concern over recent incidents along the frontlines, and urged the sides to exercise restraint and refrain from retaliation.

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