Interview of Kiro Manoyan, Head of ARFD Bureau's Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office, with ArmInfo News Agency

The Russian Leader has launched a new presidential Council on Inter-ethnic relations.

On August 23, in accordance with an earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission monitored the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces' contact-line in the Askeran direction, the NKR Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Wednesday met with Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

With the peace talks stalled most efforts at the moment are focused on reducing tensions on the line of contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

The German Chancellor will focus on Trandniestr Conflict and Moldova's EU aspirations during her trip.

According to the data of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Service, 10 thousand 667 foreign citizens visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as of August 21, 2012.

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Bomb explosions leave many dead and injured in Ingushetia and Daghestan, including a number of citizens of Azerbaijan.

Interview of Masis Mailyan, Head of the NKR Public Council for Foreign Policy and Security, with ArmInfo News Agency