"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

The changes in the National Security Council are the latest in a series of purges of personnel in the military and security sector in Armenia and come hours before president Sargsyan leaves for Moscow to meet president Putin

Erdogan told Putin ""Our region has political expectations of Turkey and Russia".

The Baku Summit was a significant step in regional co-operation in South-West Eurasia but much work and political will is going to be necessary to put the ideas agreed between the leaders of the three countries into practice.

Hundreds of soldiers and civilians were killed in five days of fighting

The five-day war sent shockwaves across the region and the world

Millions of people joined government and opposition leaders at a pro-democracy rally in Istanbul

President Rohani of Iran has arrived in Azerbaijan where tomorrow he will participate in trilateral meetings with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan which are likely to focus on economic and security issues. Ahead of the meeting President Putin has said he would like Iran to become a full member of the Eurasian Economic Union.