South Caucasus

President of France Francois Hollande urged his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev, who is currently on a working visit to Paris, to take confidence-building measures with Armenia and stimulate the Karabakh peace process within the OSCE Minsk Group.

Ex - President of France Nicolas Sarkozy created the appropriate conditions for the adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, the incumbent president Francois Hollande must just fulfill his electoral promise and pass the bill. French Union for Popular Movement (UMP) MP Valerie Boyer, the author of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide, made such statement in an interview with the Armenian Public Television.

he National Council of Armenians in Hungary is expected to file a legal claim against the Hungarian government's controversial decision to transfer convicted Azeri murderer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan, the local newspapers reported.

Possible aggression of the West against Iran will put serious threat upon security of Azerbaijan, political expert, Vardan Voskanyan, said at today's press-conference.

The President of the European Parliament Martin Shultz announced Monday that Turkey's integration into Europe is preconditioned by the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reiterating the body's 1987 decision, Asbarez reports citing the official Web site of the Left Party of Germany.

One should not exaggerate the impact of Ramil Safarov's pardon on the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations given that there was no serious political dialogue between the two countries. Consequently, it is senseless speaking of its continuation or suspension. Arif Yunusov, Head of the Conflict Studies and Migration Department of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, made such statement to ArmInfo when commenting on the possible consequences of Ramnil Safarov's pardon.

French Member of Parliament from Loire, Francois Rochebloine condemned the visit by Aliyev. Rochebloine claimed that the timing of the visit is not right, as it is happening only a few days after the pardoning of Safarov, who murdered Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.

In an interview with Arminfo News Agency, Dennis Sammut looks at what steps can the international community take on Nagorno-Karabakh

On 13 September Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan received managers for Europe and the CIS countries of the Yerevan Brandy Company ("Ararat" brand) at the head of its executive director Ara Grigoryan.