Kommersant

Armenians Azerbaijanis and Georgians, and indeed Abkhaz and Ossetians and other nationalities in the region, need to think beyond the constraints of the present situation and to start articulating ideas that can eventually be picked up by governments and politicians so that in twenty years’ time the world can look at the South Caucasus and see a prosperous and dynamic region at peace with itself and with its neighbours.

The Polish diplomat has been in the post since 1997 and provides continuity to the work of the OSCE Minsk Process dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Anatolia News Agency

Itar-Tass

Ara Harutyunyan says that Stepanakert Airport is ready, and all it needs to start working is a plane, but Baku insists use of the airport without its permission would be illegal.

Washington will not risk unleashing war against Iran on threshold of presidential election

The coming conflict in Armenian politics will have to pass before major foreign policy breakthroughs can be expected.

Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, will hold another round of negotiations through mediation of their Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi on January 23-24

Moscow Times and Kommersant