The recognition of Karabakh's independence by the State of Massachusetts demonstrates the importance of Nagorno-Karabakh to Washington, Head of the Regional Studies Center Richard Giragosian said at a press conference.

Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Bulent Arinc and representatives of the national minorities of Turkey have discussed the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 among other issues.

"I think one cannot expect Moscow to repeat the 08.08.08 scenario in case the Karabakh conflict develops into a large-scale war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I do not think any scenario may reoccur with 100% probability, however, I think it is possible to observe some features in common. Anyway, I suppose Moscow will try to gain stoppage of the military actions in every possible way", he said.

Russia expects positive tendencies in Nagorno-Karabakh peace process in 2012-2013, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told Golos Rossii.

Two Armenians fighting on part of the government forces in Syria were killed in military actions in Aleppo, says Zhirayr Reisyan, Press Secretary of the Armenian community in Aleppo, told ArmInfo.

Azerbaijani and British Leaders discuss bilateral and regional issues.Both sides see a lot of benefit in the current relationship, but there are also expectations that have yet to be met.

Reports that Azerbaijani subdivisions took dominant heights in the Armenian positions near the Mrov Mountain is an absurd and an attempt to encourage the Azerbaijani public, says the statement provided to ArmInfo by the press-service of the NKR Defense Army.

Recognition of NKR's sovereignty by Massachusetts is quite a positive process that hints at USA's desire to recognize NKR, expert Stepan Safaryan told ArmInfo.

The recognition of Karabakh's independence by the Massachusetts House of Representatives will be followed by similar decisions of other states, Galust Sahakyan, Head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia Faction, told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo's correspondent in Stepanakert reports that representatives of NGOs and public-political organizations of the NKR attended the roundtable.