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.

On Saturday (15 June), Col-General Hasanov held a meeting with senior officials of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of defence to review results of recent military drills held in Azerbaijan

There has been an uneasy situation at various points on the border and in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in recent weeks with two Armenian soldiers and two Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly killed.

Azerbaijan First Vice president and First Lady, Mehriban Alyeva has sent condolences on the death of the widow of Azerbaijan's former president, Abdulfaz Elchebey, even as state media was marking the occasion of his removal from power