George Clooney, speaking in Yerevan, said the massacres should be internationally recognised as a genocide

President Serzh Sargsyan led dignitaries at a ceremony at the genocide memorial in Yerevan as Armenian communities throughout the world marked the anniversary of atrocities committed in Anatolia in 1915.

The Russian foreign minister met his counterpart in Yerevan as well as the Armenian President

Without comprehensive engagement by the EU there can be no solution

Georgi Kvirikashvili met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the start of a visit to France

Leonid Tibilov, president of the breakaway province, has said a vote on joining Russia will be held "before August'

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Russia sells arms to both sides to create a "balance of power" in the region

Armenia and Azerbaijan must make “reasonable compromises” to bring about peace, said Federica Mogherini

“I am absolutely sure that the people will say ‘yes’," the breakaway province's president told Russian media

The transfer was facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross, following a "period of silence" on Friday