Comments by the Armenian President have caused consternation in Ankara. An unfortunate choice of words by Yerevan or the sign of bigger problems ahead?
The visit by the Polish President to the three South Caucasus countries within days of his country assuming the EU Presidency was an expression of both the interest of Poland in the region and an expression of support for its future.
30 July: Azerbaijani sources say that a 33 year old Azerbaijan Army officer has been klilled by Armenian fire on the contact line near the region of Agdam (TREND)
The reasons were not immediately clear but there has been a history of tension between the secularist military and the governing AK party in recent years.
29 July: The supply of gas from Iran to Turkey has been interrupted following an explosion on the main gas pipeline between the two countries (agencies)
29 July: A Polish report has found that Russia was partly to blame for the air crash last year which killed then-President Lech Kazynski. It said that pilot error was the main reason for the crash, but that air controllers and poor lighting at Smolensk we