Some Iranian MPs insist the deployment is in breech of the Iranian constitution

The three South Caucasus countries by Tuesday night had between them won fourteen medals at the Rio Olympics; 2 Gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze.

Delegations from the defense ministries of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan are expected to participate in the CSTO defence ministers meeting taking place in the Armenian capital

The visit of Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to Baku on Sunday came only days after president Putin was himself in the Azerbaijani capital where he had several hours of discussions with president Aliev

The visit follows-up on discussions that Russian president Vladimir Putin had in Baku last week with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliev.

Natig Jafarli is the second senior member of the "REAL Movement" to be imprisoned. Another REAL member, Ilgar Mammadov was arrested in February 2013 and remains in prison despite a finding by the European Court of Human Rights in his favor

EUSR Herbert Salber is currently visiting Azerbaijan as part of his mandate to maintain contact with the sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and support the international mediation for the peaceful resolution of the conflict

"I believe that both Armenia and Azerbaijan really want to find a way out of this situation in order to live in peace and harmony, to cooperate, and to grow their respective economies" - Putin

A blog with news and analysis of the summits of the leaders of Russia, Iran Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan from 7 - 10 August 2016

In introductory remarks before the meeting both Putin and Sargsyan hailed the the economic results of Armenia's first year of membership in the Eurasian Economic Union