RIA Novosti takes off offending article and Baku embassy says "it is not necessary in this context to call into question the unchanged position of Moscow regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict". But is there more behind this story?

Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammed-Guliev expressed concern and protest of Azerbaijan at article carried by Russian State News Agency RIA Novosti.

Russian FM comments on Georgia.

The Armenian CEC has officiallly declared Serzh Sargsyan as winner in last week's Presidential elections. Runner up Raffi Hovhanessian has refused to accept the result.

Saeed Jalili expressed satisfaction with his first visit to Azerbaijan, which he said had always been a friendly country for him.

The Islamic call to prayer echoes from Jumshud Mosque in the village of Chemenli in Agdam Region, 3 kilometers from the line of contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

Spokesperson for the Department of State, Victoria Nuland said at a daily press briefing on Thursday.

Managing relations with Turkey will be Sargsyan's biggest foreign policy challenge in the next years.

News.Az interviews Dennis Sammut, executive director of the British organization LINKS.

Russia will continue its active role in the political and diplomatic settlement of conflicts in the CIS area.