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Analysis: The symbolic importance of Jojuk Marjanli for Azerbaijan
29 January 2017
The joyous event of the return of displaced people to their homes is tempered by the prospect that it may trigger further violence if politicians on both sides don't rise to their responsibility, and renew with vigour their efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully.
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Azerbaijan says it has "eliminated a religious extremist".
27 January 2017
The State Security Service stated that "Ceyhun Ojagov put up armed resistance as the Security Service was trying to arrest him, and the extremist was eliminated."
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"The EU and Armenia are close to finalising negotiations on a new framework agreement, but there are still open issues"
25 January 2017
The Head of the European Union Delegation to Armenia, Piotr Switalski, gave a positive assessment of relations between the European Union and Armenia when he spoke to journalists on Tuesday (24 January) at the Media Centre in Yerevan.
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Lavrov and Mammadyarov met in Moscow
25 January 2017
Russia and Azerbaijan clearly have different impressions of what was agreed in the Vienna and St Petersburg summits, and the follow up that was expected. There is no indication that these differences have narrowed
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Armenian soldier killed on Karabakh line of contact on Sunday night
23 January 2017
The 21 year old soldier was named as Karen Ulubabyan (born in 1995), a member of the military formation of the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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Commentary: Armenia and the European Union try again
23 January 2017
The progress in the negotiations between the EU and Armenia on a new framework agreement is welcomed, but there are still “open issues”, and political hurdles to overcome; and whatever is agreed will still fall short of the Association Agreement envisaged in 2013.
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Sargsyan: "For Armenia, a combat-ready army is a must"
21 January 2017
The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, told recently decommissioned soldiers they still remain the soldiers of the fatherland, regarless of where and in what area they continue their activities.
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Azerbaijan marks the 27th anniversary of Black January
20 January 2017
20 January was a defining moment in Azerbaijan's quest for statehood and independence. It shook Soviet rule in Azerbaijan, and led to the regaining of independence on 18 October 1991.
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Analysis: The re-configuration of Georgian politics
19 January 2017
As predicted, the process of re-configuration of Georgian politics, following last October's parliamentary elections, has now started in earnest. The political landscape is changing to reflect the new realities in the country and in the international environment, and this should be assesed positively.