Interview of Masis Mailyan, Head of the NKR Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security, with ArmInfo News Agency

Eid Mubarak

Representatives of the "European Movements" of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, have agreed to work together towards a shared vision of their common future.

The dismissal of Armenia's Chief Military Commissar is welcomed as a positive step in the process of reform of the military practices in the region.

Azerbaijani media reports that loud explosions are heard in the Agdam sector.

As Gulf countries order their citizens out of Lebanon there is concern that another Armenian community in the Middle East may be in danger.

On August 11-12, 2012, the representatives of the European Movements of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, together with the European Movement International, met in Tbilisi, Georgia. After having jointly analyzed the situation of the South Caucasus region and the ways in which the prevalent conflicts, especially Nagorno Karabakh, negatively affect its populations and states, they have agreed to work together towards a shared vision of their common future.

West has faced an obstacle at the current stage in Syria, for it has failed to enlist the support of Syrians who still prefer President Assad to it, says Andrey Areshev, political expert, fellow at the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, in an interview with ArmInfo.

Traditional military sports camp has opened at Gandzasar Monastery, Martakert region, NKR. The organizer is the Motherland Defender youth organization, ArmInfo's correspondent to Stepanakert reports.

In a gesture that would be interpreted as a sign of the summit’s success, Saudi King Abdullah made Iranian President Ahmadinejad to sit right beside him. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad was on the king’s other side at the opening session.