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Stories under this heading cover the South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the unrecognised entities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

For those interested specifically in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and events and developments in and around Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2020 44-day war, check out our sister page, KarabakhSpace.eu.

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Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Abu Dhabi to finalise peace agreement

Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan meet in Abu Dhabi to finalise peace agreement

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting on Thursday 10 July in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to discuss the next steps in finalising the peace agreement, their offices have confirmed to international news agencies. This is the first formal bilateral meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan since they agreed on the draft text of the peace agreement, following nearly four decades of conflict. The results of this meeting will shape the future of the South Caucasus and how the two countries can live peacefully next to each other after decades of conflict.
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calls for Release of Political Prisoners in Georgia

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly calls for Release of Political Prisoners in Georgia

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has called for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Georgia in a declaration adopted during the Assembly’s 32nd annual session held in Porto, Portugal on 3 July. The declaration expressed alarm over the developments since the parliamentary elections held on 26 October last year including reports of arbitrary detentions, violence and ill-treatment of protesters, opposition leaders and media representatives, as documented by civil society organizations and the Public Defender of Georgia. The declaration also called for new elections to be held in Georgia.

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Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.
Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

Arms race in the Caucasus reaches alarming proportions. Armenia is placed 3rd and Azerbaijan 10th in study on global militarisation for 2014.

In a report by a Bonn based institute Armenia is placed third and Azerbaijan tenth in the study on global militarisation for 2014.
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South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.
South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

South Ossetian leader calls for full integration with Russia.

The South Ossetians want unity with Russia, and they want it now. Even Mr Putin may not be ready for that. Joseph Alexander Smith reports from Tbilisi on the latest from the leadership of the self-declared republic.
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Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.
Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

Azerbaijan wants strategic relationship with EU.

At a meeting with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan already had a strategic relationship with a number of EU countries and hoped this could be established with the EU itself also.
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Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.
Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.

Armenia buries its dead pilots as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.

Efforts continue to try to stop an escalation of the violence as the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan prepare to meet in Switzerland next week.
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The bodies of the three Armenian servicemen killed in the downing of a helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone earlier this month have been retrieved according to sources close to the Ministry of Defence of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Re
The bodies of the three Armenian servicemen killed in the downing of a helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone earlier this month have been retrieved according to sources close to the Ministry of Defence of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Re

The bodies of the three Armenian servicemen killed in the downing of a helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone earlier this month have been retrieved according to sources close to the Ministry of Defence of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Re

The bodies of the three Armenian servicemen killed in the downing of a helicopter in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone earlier this month have been retrieved according to sources close to the Ministry of Defence of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The sources said that this was done during a special operation near the crash site in the no man's land between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Gun fire was exchanged during the operation. It is not known if there were any casualties on either side. (source: commonspace.eu with agencies). A spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has denied that there has been any Armenian special operation near the helicopter crash site and has described the story as a provocation. (commonspace.eu with agencies).
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Tension increases on line of contact, especially near helicopter crash site. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan report dozens of cease fire violations in the last hours.
Tension increases on line of contact, especially near helicopter crash site. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan report dozens of cease fire violations in the last hours.

Tension increases on line of contact, especially near helicopter crash site. Both Armenia and Azerbaijan report dozens of cease fire violations in the last hours.

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan report dozens of cease fire violations in the last hours.