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Azerbaijan pins hope of solution to Karabakh conflict on Russia's "serious engagement"
18 January 2017
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, said in an interview that that if there is serious Russian engagement with the Karabakh issue, "the status quo will change, stability will be restored in the region, and the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories will be ensured"
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More casualties on Karabakh line of contact
16 January 2017
Armenia and Azerbaijan report the death of their servicemen in the Karabakh conflict zone, but circumstances remain unclear
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EU says that respect for international humanitarian law is a must
13 January 2017
EU Special Representative emphasised importance of respect for cease fire, and for international humanitarian law, in comments on recent incidents on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border
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Analysis: The body of a dead soldier becomes the latest bargaining chip in the messy Karabakh conflict.
12 January 2017
Political fall-out continues from incidents on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border on 29 December, amid concerns of further violations of international humanitarian law
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Georgia agrees new arrangement with Gazprom for transit of gas to Armenia
12 January 2017
Georgia's energy minister, Kakha Kaladze, said that Georgia's dependence on Russian energy resources will not increase as a result of the new agreement and that the fees will be among the highest in Europe.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev outlines plans for 2017 at Cabinet meeting
10 January 2017
President Aliev also referred to the fighting in Karabakh in 2016 and said that "the Azerbaijani army exposed the enemy to a crushing blow as a result of counter-attack in the battles on the contact line in April 2016, and thousands of hectares of land were liberated"
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Minsk Group co-Chair comment on Armenia-Azerbaijan border incident
10 January 2017
"Baku and Yerevan continue to accuse each other of a December 29, 2016 attempted incursion on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border resulting in casualties. Armenian Armed Forces are still holding the body of an Azerbaijan serviceman killed in the fighting."
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Armenia says situation on border and front line calm during holidays
9 January 2017
Armenia's Defence Minister, Vigen Sargsyan, told reporters that despite a number of cease fire violations, the situation on the border and the line of contact with Azerbaijan was overall calm.
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Analysis: Can 2017 be a year of opportunity for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia?
9 January 2017
The governments in the three South Caucasus countries all have ambitious agendas for 2017. These agendas however can only be achieved if governments give more attention to internal cohesion built on wider consensus within their respective societies