The German Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE discussed the Karabakh conflict with diplomats from the Minsk group co-chair countries.

The decision to abolish closed voting stations in military facilities is expected to be widely welcomed by international monitors

Much was discussed during the meeting but it is not clear what was actually agreed since both sides are giving a different version of events.

Operational exercises are taking place all week

Pope Francis will visit Armenia from 24-26 June and Azerbaijan and Georgia from 30 September - 2 October

Commonspace.eu will run a live blog covering the visit of Pope Francis to Armenia from 24-26 June. Starting from Friday 24 June at 1200 Armenian local time (0800 GMT) we will follow the Pope's visit, and explore why this visit is of such historical importance and why it is also of great significance for the entire region.

All EU member states recognise "that Georgia has done an incredibly good work"

He called on his own supporters to respect the democratic process

The Vatican newspaper "Osservatore Romano" interviewed Archbishop Nathan Hovhanissian of the Armenian Apostolic Church ahead of the Pope's visit to Armenia.

The results of the meeting were later welcomed by the Foreign Ministers of the three countries.