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

Armenia and Azerbaijan report continued violations of the cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone on Sunday night (April, 11)

But "there will be no return to business as usual until Russia again respects international law," said NATO

The European Union must play an active role in diffusing the crisis rather than sitting on the sidelines, said two policy experts

He said Russia is willing to act as a mediator within the Minsk Group process