The 16th Session of the EU-Azerbaijan Council was held in Brussels on Thursday (4 April). Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told journalists after, that 95 % of the text of a new agreement had already been agreed, and asked for flexibility on the part of the EU so that the agreement can be initialled shortly

The video is available in Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian and is being distributed through various social media outlets

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres said ""On this International Day for Mine Awareness, let us reaffirm our commitment to eradicating the horrendous damage caused by landmines and assisting those who have been harmed by their use."

US Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison, said that a package of measures will be approved during a two-day conference to begin in Washington on Wednesday

On 2-3 April 2016 large scale fighting erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces across the whole line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. The cease fire was restored, but only after hundreds were killed and injured.

EU reiterated "its full support to the mediation efforts and proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, including through the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, as well as through civil society confidence-building measures across the conflict divide".

After their meeting in Vienna on Friday the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan made short comments to the media in which they indicated that the talks were a step forward.

The president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met in Vienna on Friday in the latest efforts to resolve the Karabakh conflict.

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met on Thursday in Vienna, ahead of a summit between the leaders of the two countries that will focus on a resolution of the Karabakh conflict.

From 4-10 April, a regional campaign, coinciding with international mine-awareness day, will highlight the heavy human and economic cost of landmines in the South Caucasus, and the need for concerted efforts to eliminate the scourge of all unexploded ordinance from the region