At a specially convened meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council the EU deplored the decision of the Government of Azerbaijan and requested that it reconsider its decision.

The drills coincide with the opening of the 1st European Games in Baku, scheduled for Friday, where President Putin is also expected to be present.

Turkey should continue to modernise and reform in order to secure its place as a modern and prosperous country, one that has much to give to Europe and the world.

Turkey's ruling AK Party has emerged as the largest party after hotly contested parliamentary elections, but has lost its overall majority in Parliament. The pro-Kurdish HDP comfortably passed the 10% threshold to enter parliament for the first time with up to eighty MPs. The preliminary results, after 99% of the votes were counted give the AK Party 41.3%, the main secularist party, CHP 25.3%, the nationalist MHP 16.7% and HDP 12.1%

More than fifty three million voters are heading to polling stations in Turkey to vote for a new Parliament in elections considered crucial for the country and for the wider region

A spokesperson of the OSCE has confirmed to commonspace.eu that the Government of Azerbaijan has sent a note verbale to the Organisation saying that the arrangements for the operation of the Office were being terminated with effect from 4 June.

Armenian Foreign Minister Nalbandian and the Foreign Minister of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Mirzoyan, reviewed recent diplomatic events and their implications for the Karabakh situation during a meeting in Yerevan.

Commentary: "One hopes that Dacic has now returned to Belgrade energised, and that Serbia will use the remaining months of its presidency to push through movement on issues such as the Karabakh conflict and the conflicts in Georgia".

Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ivica Dacic concludes visit to region with meetings with Armenian leadership.

Ivica Dacic has concluded his visit to Baku and is now in Tbilisi. He is expected to end his tour of the region with a visit to Armenia on Wednesday.