Secretary of State Pompeo and High Representative Borrell spoke on the phone on a wide range of global issues, including the ongoing war in the South Caucasus

The meeting with the Secretary of State brings the US back to the forefront in the international effort to restart negotiations between the two sides.

Borrell highlighted the necessity of returning to negotiations for Karabakh conflict settlement

A meeting with Putin will therefore be in itself a positive sign. As always however, the devil will be in the detail, and even the personality of Mr Putin may not be enough to untangle this difficult crisis.

Both sides continue to report fighting, especially in the southern sector of the conflict zone

The absence of large numbers of international monitors creates risks for the fragile Georgian democracy. The observation efforts of local NGOs now becomes more important than ever.

Discussions focused on the need to monitor the ceasefire, but no decisions have been taken yet.

Ersin Tatar won the presidential runoff with 51.69% of the votes, defeating incumbent Mustafa Akinci

It is understood that the Red Cross is still trying to arrange for the exchange of bodies of dead soldiers and of prisoners of war

EU foreign policy chief spoke with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and issued a statement on Sunday