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Friday, August 29, 2014 - 06:25
The newly elected de facto president of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba has made his first trip abroad, to Russia, where he discussed with President Vladimir Putin the deepening of ties between the two countries' militaries and security services. The two sides are discussing a "unified defense space" and uniting the Abkhazian armed forces with the Russian troops in the territory under a single command. This will be worked out in a new agreement to be completed by the end of the year.
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 08:16
Talks have restarted between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, after a deadly shooting has left two Tajiks dead and five injured on the two countries’ shared border, RFE/RL reports.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 07:02
Elkhan Suleymanov, a member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has protested the decision by the Executive Committee Secretariat of PACE to table competing motions on Armenia's occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and other Azerbaijani provinces, as tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia remain high following Armenian military incursions a few weeks ago.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 06:58
The California State Senate will vote on a resolution supporting Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence on August 27, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 08:10
Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to close its land borders to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus on to its territory.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 08:08
Artsakh’s President Bako Sahakian called to order on Monday a meeting of Artsakh’s Security Council, the agenda of which covered security issues along the line of contact with Azerbaijan, where escalated and sometimes full-blown fighting has occurred in the last month. The second item on the meeting’s agenda was the Republic’s celebration of Artsakh’s 23rd independence anniversary.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 07:56
The Vice Prime Minister of Tajikistan arrived in Kyrgyzstan for negotiations on demarcation and delimitation of the state border. The Parliament informed 24.kg news agency.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 07:51
Two Tajiks were killed in a border shootout between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, the bloodiest clash so far this year on the frontier between the former Soviet neighbors, officials said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 06:56
Abkhazia’s President-Elect Raul Khadjimba, who stood at the head of political opposition in the young South-Caucasian nation until Sunday’s early presidential election, hopes that his country and Russia will sign a new interstate treaty before the end of this year.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 06:18
Talks between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on border issues have resumed, a day after a shooting left two Tajiks dead and five injured.