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President Ahmedinajad re-assures littoral nations of Iran's good intentions and calls the Caspian a "sea of brotherhood".

Deputy Head of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs Elmar Brok said in an exclusive interview with Radio Liberty Armenia.

This has provoked a new conflict between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, reports Kommersant.

Russia's reiterates commitment to conflict settlement in the OSCE region "based on three key principles: conflicts must be settled exclusively by peaceful means, within the existing formats and respecting the interests of the sides". Is this freezing the conflicts?

President Sargsyan's visit to Moscow this week looked too much like an attempt to secure the blessing of the big patron in the face of an increasingly difficult situation at home.

On 7 March the Government of Armenia adopted a decision to open an Embassy in Vatican in line with a relevant decree of the Armenian President, and to appoint the president’s son-in-law, Mikael Minasyan, Armenia’s ambassador to Vatican.

The number of casualties on the front line has increased sharply in the last months as efforts to restart the peace negotiations between the two sides remained stalled.

News.Az reprints from 1news.az interview with Dennis Sammut ,executive director of British organization LINKS.

International Women's Day is marked in the Caucasus with small symbolic acts of respect at home and in the workplace, but the plight of women remains difficult.