Outgoing CIS Chairman, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbyev said that "frankly speaking, we had a difficult time of presidency because of the economic situation".

Russia confirms settlement of Karabakh conflict remains a high foreign policy priority, but a breakthrough to the present impasse in the peace negotiations during the Astana meetings on Friday is unlikely.

President Putin has inaugurated the 7th Annual Investment Forum of VTB Capital "Russia Calling!" It is being held in Moscow on October 13-14. It was first held in 2009.

World leaders express solidarity with the Turkish nation following deadly terrorist attack against a peace rally in Ankara which kills nearly one hundred.

The 31st Ministerial Council of French speaking nations has opened in Yerevan with an address by President Sargsyan.

Russia's decision to hit targets in Syria from its fleet in the Caspian Sea is a game-changer for the region, and a reminder of the grave threat to world peace resulting from ongoing conflicts.

Commentary: The visit of President Erdogan to Brussels this week opens a new, more pragmatic phase in relations between Turkey and the European Union.

Ambassador Herbert Salber met President Ilham Aliev in Baku on 30 September amid a sharp increase in violence related to the Karabakh conflict over the last days.

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, met the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to review the current situation around the Karabakh conflict zone.

The Foreign Minister of Russia reaffirmed his support for the work of the co-Chair of the Minsk Group in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.