Russia

The delegation of the Baku branch of the International Institute of Monitoring Democracy Development, Parliamentarism and observance of Suffrage of citizens of states - participants of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA CIS IIMDD) will go to the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia on Feb 13 for the long-term monitoring of organization and holding of presidential elections in Russia to be held on March 4

If Paris continues to support Armenia, defending the law on "Armenian genocide", the membership of France in the OSCE Minsk Group will not make sense, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview with the Turkish ABHaber.

The Executive Secretary of the Customs Union Commission Sergei Glazyev was dismissed from this post by the commission’s decision on Jan. 25

The delegation, headed by Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sagrsyan in Yerevan, Panorama.am. reported referring to the presidential press-service.

Russia would allow NATO to use its territory to withdraw international troops from Afghanistan, the French Ambassador to Moscow said Thursday.

Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as making progress on resolving protracted conflicts are priorities of the 2012 Irish OSCE Chairmanship, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told the US Helsinki Commission in Washington on Feb.9.

China and Russia have continued to transfer arms and munitions to Sudan, fueling the ethnic conflict in Darfur and violating the UN arms embargo against the country, Amnesty International said Thursday.

White House on Wednesday rejected Russia's recent call for negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition, saying the opportunity was not available anymore.