13 July: The OSCE Minsk Group co-Chair have arrived in Baku at the start of a further round of discussions with the leadership of Azerbaijan and Armenia (news.az)
12 July: President Medvedev of Russia and US President Barak Obama held a telephone conversation yesterday to discuss the Karabakh conflict resolution process and the outcome of the Kazan summit (www.kremlin.ru)
11 July: An explosion at a Cypriot Naval Base in Zygi has killed twelve persons and injured many others. Electricity has been disrupted in large parts of the Island. The explosion is being treated as an accident. (BBC)
State television said the blasts caused extensive damage to property in the area and sparked wildfires in nearby scrubland in the tinder-dry summer conditions
11 July: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will start official visit to Washington today. Karabakh is amongst the items on the agenda in meetings scheduled with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton (agencies)
11 July: Armenia has recognised the new state of Southern Sudan. In a statement Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian stated “The proclamation of Southern Sudan independence is a perfect implementation of inalienable rights of equality and self-determination