Official Baku impedes inquiries into incidents on the line of contact of the NKR and Azerbaijan armed forces, NKR Defense Minister, Defense Army Commander, Lieutenant General Movses Hakobyan told media, Friday.

"The October 24 decision of the Upper House of the South New Wales Parliament, Australia, is a notification for the world community and OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs that to achieve a fair resolution of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict and durable peace in the conflict zone, it is necessary to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the Karabakh people's right to self- determination, as well as to shift away from the policy of double standards," David Karabekyan, an independent analyst from Karabakh, told ArmInfo.

The Defence Minister of the self declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic dismisses threats to aircraft flying from Stepanakert airport as "inappropriate for serious people."

A meeting of the representatives of Azerbaijani and Armenian Diaspora organizations has started at President hotel, Moscow.

On 25 October President of Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan received a group of deputies and businessmen from Switzerland.

The world community applies double standards to the Karabakh issue, President of Armenia Serhz Sargsyan said in an interview with the Italian Quotidiano Nazionale.

Armenian authorities should give a proper, weighted and adequate response to Azerbaijan's actions, Karen Bekaryan, Head of the European Integration public organization, told media in Yerevan, Thursday. He said that Armenia can make a tough open statement or toughen its diplomatic stance or combine the both approaches.

The Legislative Council, which is the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament, Australia, adopted a resolution recognizing the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, Thursday, on October 25, the Armenian National Committee of Australia reports.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan will have first formal contacts after a break of several months. Diplomats from the OSCE Minsk Group co-Chair countries will facilitate the meeting.