Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, will hold another round of negotiations through mediation of their Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi on January 23-24
10 January: Russian oil production rose 1.25 percent in 2011 to a record level for the post-Soviet era, as companies in the world's largest crude-producing nation took advantage of higher prices and boosted output at new projects.(The Moscow Times).
Media reports suggest that Russian President Medvedev will host another meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Sochi at the end of this month. Will 2012 be a year of peace, war or status quo?
9 January: US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is due to visit Ankara today for talks with Turkish officials. Burns will spend 30 hours in Turkey, having talks with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirl
8 January: Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has called on Turkey not to bring the issue of Algerian history in its dispute with France over genocide denial. Ahmed Ouyahia urged Turkey to stop trying to make political capital out of France's kill