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EU-Azerbaijan relations in focus at European Parliament event (Updated)
7 March 2017
Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamed-Guliev in his speech reiterated that Azerbaijan is ready for continued, enhanced, and inclusive co-operation with the EU based on mutual interest and joint ownership. Various speakers raised the case of Mehman Husseynov
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"When negotiations are ongoing, guns are silent", Mammadyarov
7 March 2017
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Monday to discuss Karabakh and bilateral issues.
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Iran's President hails relations with Azerbaijan as “friendly, brotherly and strategic”.
6 March 2017
Iran and Azerbaijan say relations are getting closer as President Ilham Aliyev pays official visit to Tehran. The Azerbaijani president also met with the Iranian Supreme leader, Grand Ayattolah Khamanei
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US State Department slams human rights record in Armenia and Azerbaijan, in its 2016 report
5 March 2017
The report, published on Friday, 3 March, carries an introduction by the new US Secretary of State, Roy Tillerson, in which he says that "the Department of State hopes these reports will help other governments, civil society leaders, activists, and individuals reflect on the situation of human rights in their respective countries and work to promote accountability for violations and abuses."
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Azerbaijani youth icon arrested in disturbing circumstances
4 March 2017
Mehman Husseynov, an Azerbaijani photographer and blogger was this morning arrested in a Baku court room, after being sentenced to a two-year prison sentence
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Serzh Sargsyan: "With our example we have shown that co-operation between EU and EEU is possible"
3 March 2017
The Armenian president told Euronews at the end of his visit to Brussels this week that Armenia wanted to be a friendly and predictable neighbour to Europeans
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OSCE intervenes to end speculation with dead bodies in Karabakh conflict zone
2 March 2017
An OSCE statement said that at the request of the sides, a humanitarian operation to retrieve the remains of Azerbaijani servicemen from the heavily mined no man's land took place on Monday, 27 February
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EU calls for an early political settlement of the Karabakh conflict based on international law.
28 February 2017
Speaking at a press brieifng after meeting the Armenian President in Brussels , EU Council President Donald Tusk spoke on the Karabakh conflict, saying, "the status quo is unsustainable. The conflict needs an early political settlement in accordance with international law. It does not have a military solution."
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Live blog: Visit of the President of Armenia to Brussels, 27-28 February 2017
27 February 2017
The visit of President Sargsyan to Brussels is shortly coming to an end. This afternoon he has met with EU High Representative Federica Morgherini and with the European Commission President, Jean Claude Juncker. (This live blog is now closed)