Azerbaijani soldiers on the border of Nagrno-Karabakh (file photo) 24 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry says that the foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan met in Moscow today to discuss the dispute over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian (file photo) 24 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vardan Oskanian and Elmar Mamedyarov, are expected to hold an official meeting today to discuss the dispute over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to meet in Moscow on 23 August to resume their talks on approaches to resolving the Karabakh conflict. Days later, the two countries' presidents, Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev, will meet in Kazan on the sidelines of a CIS summit to address the same issue. But although international mediators from the OSCE Minsk Group expressed cautious optimism after visiting Baku, Stepanakert, and Yerevan in early July, they and senior officials in Baku have warned in recent days that there is little chance the two presidents will sign a major peace accord in Kazan.
15 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's leading epidemiologist warned today that a bird flu outbreak in Siberia could spread through Russia's agricultural areas and reach areas in the Middle East and southern Europe.
By Syuzanna Stepanian
Police raided the Popular Front in May (RFE/RL) 10 August 2005 -- The United States called today for government condemnation of attacks on the opposition in Azerbaijan to ensure fairness in upcoming parliamentary elections.
(RFE/RL) The Azerbaijani authorities and supporters and associates of Ruslan Bashirli, leader of the opposition youth movement Yeni Fikir, have offered widely diverging accounts of, and explanations for, the events that culminated in Bashirli's arrest last week on charges of plotting to overthrow the Azerbaijani leadership.
(RFE/RL) 8 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Around 300 pro- and anti-government demonstrators clashed on the streets of the Azerbaijani capital Baku today.
8 August 2005 -- Archaeologists in Kyrgyzstan say they have discovered the remains of a medieval Christian monastery on the northern bank of Lake Issyk-Kul.
(RFE/RL) Azerbaijan's Prosecutor-General's Office announced on 4 August the arrest of Ruslan Bashirli, leader of the opposition youth movement Yeni Fikir (New Thinking), on charges of plotting to overthrow the Azerbaijani leadership at the instigation of Armenian intelligence operatives. Those allegations, which the Armenian National Security Service and Bashirli's fellow Azerbaijani oppositionists have both rejected, highlight Azerbaijan's ongoing suspicion and hostility toward Armenia and call into question Baku's commitment to creating a "level playing field" for all parties wishing to participate in the 6 November parliamentary election.
Ali Kerimli (file photo) (Turan) 5 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- The leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (AXCP) today described the arrest of youth leader Ruslan Basirli --> /featuresarticle/2005/08/fc9ec058-6a3c-40d7-9eda-8e276ce7c044.html as part of a government plan to intimidate the opposition, but vowed to continue campaigning for free and fair parliamentary elections in November, --> /featuresarticle/2005/7/2DDD2753-76F1-449C-96A1-C05483654EFD.html RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reported.
(RFE/RL) 5 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Police in Baku arrested the leader of an Azerbaijani political youth group on 4 August for allegedly receiving money from Armenian security agents and plotting antigovernment acts.
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