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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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Armenia says it has captured an Azerbaijani soldier (Updated with Azerbaijani denial)
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Armenia says it has captured an Azerbaijani soldier (Updated with Azerbaijani denial)

2 February 2017
The captured soldier was named as 21 year old Elnur Hussein-zade, and he is from the town of Barda. But Azerbaijan has denied the incident has taken place and says that the named soldier "was demobilised a while ago due to violation of military discipline and failure of the service, and he currently is not serving in the army."
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Analysis: The European Parliament approves by a huge majority visa liberalisation for Georgia. Why was this decision so important for Georgia?
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Analysis: The European Parliament approves by a huge majority visa liberalisation for Georgia. Why was this decision so important for Georgia?

2 February 2017
For Georgia this decision is a small step on a much longer journey. EU and NATO membership remain high on the agenda of the Georgian government, although there is also a realistic assessment that now may not be the time to push these forward. But with Georgians travelling freely in Europe that objective is now certainly one step closer.
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