Foreign ministers of the three South Caucasus countries today met with an EU troika of top officials in Luxembourg. The routine meeting takes place yearly under the aegis of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements the EU has with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The EU is offering all three countries an upgrade to an Association Treaty, which could eventually bring with it free trade and visa-free travel, but would not open the door to EU membership.
Talking to RFE/RL about the Turkish-Armenian rapprochement protocols signed in Zurich on October 10, an Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Armenia and Turkey began the rapprochement process with a mutual understanding that progress in bilateral relations should proceed without preconditions.
A young civic activist in Armenia who triggered a scandal about alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school has turned down a police deal for a pardon that would avoid a trial on libel charges, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosian says Turkish-Armenian rapprochement protocols have nothing to do with the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has started a two-day visit to Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Tina Kaidanow met with Armenian opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian in Yerevan at the end of her first visit to Armenia on October 21, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
An Armenian citizen has been charged with spying for Azerbaijan, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
A top U.S. diplomat, Tina Kaidanow, is expected to visit Azerbaijan's capital this week for talks with Azerbaijani officials, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.
Nikol Pashinian is accused of organizing last year's deadly clashes in Yerevan between security forces and opposition protesters calling for a rerun of a disputed presidential election.
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel talks in a wide-ranging RFE/RL interview about what he expects to hear from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden when he visits the Czech Republic this week. The man many credit with leading Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution also talks about Russia and NATO enlargement. The interview was conducted by RFE/RL correspondents Jeremy Bransten and Kathleen Moore.
As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden begins his travels through Central Europe, arguably the region's loudest voice for strong trans-Atlantic ties, former Czech President Vaclav Havel, is up-front with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear: a clear vision of American policy for the region.
The Russian Duma will host a parliamentary meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian lawmakers on October 22 in Moscow, RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service reports.
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