There is continued diplomatic fallout from the incident in the Georgian parliament on Thursday, with the Russian government declaring Georgia unsafe for Russian visitors. Russian airlines were told to cancel their flights to the country.

20 June was a sad day for Georgian politics. It started with a political blunder, and ended in an orgy of rioting that left dozens injured.

At the meeting in Washington DC international mediators called on the sides to reaffirm their commitment to observe the ceasefire strictly and to refrain from any provocative action, including the use of snipers and engineering works along the line of contact and the international border.

President Ilham Aliyev appointed outgoing Interior Minister, Ramil Usubov, as Secretary of the country's National Security Council. Usubov had served as Interior Minister for nearly two decades.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister is in Washington to participate in peace talks on Karabakh facilitated by the OSCE Minsk Process co-Chair countries

Badasyan is 28 years old and was until recently deputy chairman of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia.

The Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers are expected to meet in the US capital tomorrow. US National Security Advisor John Bolton said the US is ready to support peace efforts in the region

The strategy - promoting resilience, prosperity, and regional cooperation - adapts EU policy to new opportunities which have emerged in the region.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted conclusions on the EU's engagement to the Black Sea regional cooperation.

At the Civil Contract Party forum prime minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that his party was not ideological but "civic". At the meeting the party also elected a new party leadership.