In Baku the Russian Defence Minister is also expected to discuss other issues related to co-operation with the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

The Azerbaijai President also offered his condolences in a message to King Harald V of Norway

Tigran Balayan said that establishing relations without preconditions was the only way forward.

President Gul will be accompanied by his wife Mrs Hayrunissa Gul.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited both Baku and Yerevan earlier this months to deliver Medvedev's message

For decades the situation in Turkey was such that it was not a question of the military meddling in government – the military thought they were the government and that the politicians in Cankaya were simply a necessary irritant. Turkey has gone a long way in a very short time and all that is now changed.

Deputy Foreign Ministers of Caspian Littoral states have just ended their 29th meeting to discuss the legal status of the Caspian Sea

Nagorno-Karabakh war veterans urge Armenian President to behave as winner during the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks

Evolving dialogue between authorities and opposition in Armenia is important for normalisation of the political environment

An immigrant from Syria, Mr.Baleozyan told me how he had got to Berdzor (Latchin) and why he had stayed there to live and work away from his family...