Usupashvili cited disagreements with the party leadership and said he will remain an opposition politician and will make further announcements in 2 to 3 months time.

During his visit to Barda Herbert Salber said that it was important that the voices of those most affected by the conflict is heard.

Georgia in many ways offers a vision for the two countries - one that cannot be copied into the completely different governance and economic models that exist in Armenia and Azerbaijan, but one which still can inspire.

In this analysis for commonspace.eu, Dato Parulava, a journalist of the Georgian website liberali.ge discusses the outcome of the Georgian Parliamentary elections held earlier this month and examines why political parties with a liberal agenda failed to secure seats in the new parliament

Armenian media said that the young conscript was twenty year old Gurgen Ayvazyan, a resident of Gandzak village in Armenia's Gegharkunik province. The incident happened as diplomatic efforts continue to resolve the conflict

This was the fifth round of negotiations on the new agreement. The next round is expected to be held in Brussels in December.

EU Special Representative Herbert Salber met President Ilham Aliev in Baku on Tuesday to discuss the Karabakh conflict and the role of the international community in its resolution

The diplomats are in the region for consultations with different stakeholders, in an effort to keep the momentum of discussions for a resolution of the Karabakh conflict.

In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Armenian analyst Sos Avetisyan assess the results of the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) held in Yerevan earlier this month

No information was released after the meeting. The diplomats are expected to visit Armenia later this week.