Leaders of BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) are meeting for a joint summit in Ufa.

President Serzh Sargsyan stressed that Armenia highly appreciates the EU's balanced position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The ruling of the ECHR took ten years to come, but for the displaced persons from the Karabakh conflict it is a welcome and highly significant development.

News came on the same day that the Armenian Parliament ratified an agreement whereby Russia will give Armenia USD 200 million loan to purchase new arms.

The British Ambassador in Baku has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry after news emerged that the President of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will speak at Chatham House on Wednesday.

EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn emphasised that differentiation will be an important element of the forthcoming review of the Eastern Partnership

The European Commission said that the meeting "will also be an opportunity to discuss foreign policy issues of common interest".

Azerbaijan's First Lady, Mehraban Aliyeva, said she was proud of Azerbaijan and its people, and thanked Europe for the opportunity to host the Baku Games.

Primakov, who died on Friday aged 85, was widely respected by all recent Russian leaders, including President Putin, who often asked him for advice.

The resolution calls on Azerbaijan to release political prisoners and end systematic repression. It was approved by 140 in favour, 13 against and 8 abstensions.