Nikol Pashinyan met the diplomats from France, Russia and the United States to discuss ongoing efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev on Tuesday (12 June) inaugurated the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project at a ceremony in central Turkey.

Armenian media report that 26 year old Vahan Eloyan was killed as a result of Azerbaijani fire. Armenia this morning raised the issue at a meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers in Almaty

"There is only a thin line between stability and stagnation, but governments in the Caucasus and elsewhere who promise stability and deliver stagnation do so at their own risk" says Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the two were killed in the Ingush capital Nazran and that they were planing a series of terrorist attacks, but gave no further details

On foreign and defence policy the programme largely advocates continuity but with some important nuances

Their resignation was demanded by protestors following an incident in Stepanakert on Friday between civilians and members of the territory's security service.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Khvirikashvili described the call for the resignation of Minister Thea Tsulukiani as absiurd

In Georgia, what started off as a public manifestation of solidarity with a bereaved father quickly became instrumentalised into a move to distabilise the government. There are lessons from history to be learnt, argues George Mchedlishvili in this commentary

The Armenian Prime Minister said it was now important the agreements reached between the protestors and the Karabakh authorities were implemented in a calm atmosphere.