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EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.
EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.

EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.

At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting which opened this morning in the Ukrainian Capital.
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Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.
Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.

Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.

A joint-statement at the end of the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation but indicates that work to turn this into substance may have to start from scratch.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart
Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart

Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart

The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with his Azerbaijani counterpart and said that the talks were, "in all likelihood, a new round of negotiations and a new beginning."
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Stepanakert welcomes Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Vienna summit; says the meeting was important "for maintaining peace and stability".
Stepanakert welcomes Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Vienna summit; says the meeting was important "for maintaining peace and stability".

Stepanakert welcomes Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Vienna summit; says the meeting was important "for maintaining peace and stability".

The authorities of the self declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic said the meeting was important "for maintaining peace and stability".