Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West, political expert, Sarkis Asatryan, said at today's press-conference.

The growth of the military budget of Azerbaijan is connected with large- scale money laundering in the defense sector of that country, Sargis Asatryan, an expert on Azerbaijan, told media in Yerevan, Thursday.

Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan received today French Senator, mayor of Bourg-les-Valence, Bernard Piras. As press-service of the Armenian parliament reported, Abrahamyan highly appreciated the current level of the Armenian-French relations.

Unconfirmed reports say that the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in France at the end of the month.

Resolution of the Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe, Defense Minister of Italy, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, told media in Yerevan, Wednesday.

On Capitol Hill representatives of the American office of Hay Dut met with members of the American Congress and raised several issues, which the Armenian community of the USA worries about.

The Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN has circulated a letter through the Secretary General ahead of the opening of the airport which is likely soon.

In this special commentary for Caucasus Elections Watch Dennis Sammut analysis the impact of the “Bidhzina phenomena” on the Caucasus Region.

Leaderships of the Union Armenians of Russia and the Azerbaijani community in Russia will meet on October 23 in Russia, President of the World Armenian Congress (WAC), President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan said at the Second Conference of the WAC in October 15.

"The Nagorno Karabakh conflict must be solved in a peaceful way, and the diplomatic talks must be continued", said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin on the sidelines of his visit to Baku, APA reports.