EEAS official Adriano Martins outlined the EU percpetion of its relations with Azerbaijan during a LINKS-EPC event at the European Parliament on 7 March.

"Case raises serious questions as regards respect for freedom of expression and due process of law".

Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamed-Guliev in his speech reiterated that Azerbaijan is ready for continued, enhanced, and inclusive co-operation with the EU based on mutual interest and joint ownership. Various speakers raised the case of Mehman Husseynov

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday to discuss Karabakh and bilateral issues.

Iran and Azerbaijan say relations are getting closer as President Ilham Aliyev pays official visit to Tehran. The Azerbaijani president also met with the Iranian Supreme leader, Grand Ayattolah Khamanei

The report, published on Friday, 3 March, carries an introduction by the new US Secretary of State, Roy Tillerson, in which he says that "the Department of State hopes these reports will help other governments, civil society leaders, activists, and individuals reflect on the situation of human rights in their respective countries and work to promote accountability for violations and abuses."

Mehman Husseynov, an Azerbaijani photographer and blogger was this morning arrested in a Baku court room, after being sentenced to a two-year prison sentence

The Armenian president told Euronews at the end of his visit to Brussels this week that Armenia wanted to be a friendly and predictable neighbour to Europeans

Increasingly there is a sense that both sides in the Karabakh conflict are playing with fire, and that sooner or later the ability of the international community to extinguish a small blaze may lead to a much more complex and bloody situation.

An OSCE statement said that at the request of the sides, a humanitarian operation to retrieve the remains of Azerbaijani servicemen from the heavily mined no man's land took place on Monday, 27 February