23 August: A delegation of French Parliamentarians, headed by the Chairman of the Defence Committee of the French National Assembly, Guy Tessier, has met in Stepanakert with the President of the self declared Nagorno-Karabakh Repuiblic, Bako Sahakyan. A s
19 August: There are reports of exchanges of fire between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces on the line of contact seperating the two sides last night and early this morning (agencies)
The incidents happened in the Ashagi Veyselli region and in unnamed heights in the Fizuli region at 21:55- 22:10, 22:50-22:55 yesterday and 00:35- 00:41 and 01:50- 01:58 today according to Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence sources quoted by TREND
19 August: A senior Police officer was shot dead in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia on Thursday according to police sources (RIA NOVOSTI)
18 August: The Turkish Airforce has attackjed PKK targets in Northern Iraq following further incidents which claimed the lives of eight Turkish soldiers. In the meantime the Turkish National Security Council is meeting in Ankara to discuss what further me
The situation in the South eastern, mainly Kurdish populated areas of Turkey has deteriorated in recent weeks, particularly after a number of Kurdish MPs were barred by the courts from taking their seats in the new Parliament.
The Russian Newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta carried the folllowing article on the forthcoming Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States to be held in Dushanbe on 2-3 September
From Queen Marie Antoinette, to Hosni Mubarak, from David Cameron to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the words of leaders can have unpredicable consequences.
17 August: The Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan has said that it will put forward a number of new initiatives on security issues in Central Asia and the Caspian Basin to the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly which opens in New York next