Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

French President Hollande raises rights abuses with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at talks focused on its dispute with Armenia over Nagorny Karabakh French President Francois Hollande on April 25 raised rights abuses with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at talks focused on its dispute with Armenia over Nagorny Karabakh.

An Azerbaijani soldier was killed in border clashes with Armenian forces, according to a statement from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense on Feb. 21.

The clashes erupted on early Feb. 21 between Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers when an Armenian reconnaissance unit tried to cross the front line into southern Azerbaijan, the statement said.

PARIS - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after a meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius that Serbia has full support of France on its European path as well as in its OSCE Chairmanship next year.

France offers "full support" - Serbian FM

PARIS -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after meeting with French counterpart Laurent Fabius that Serbia "has France's full support on the European road."

"The support is not absent even when it comes to the Serbian presidency of the OSCE," Dacic added.

Armenian and Azeri leaders have agreed to pursue talks over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region after resuming direct contacts at a meeting in Paris on Monday, the French government said.
   

French President Francois Hollande hosts leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan today as Europe makes a fresh push to end the festering conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited both countries last week after a sharp escalation in violence over the disputed region in recent months as war raged in Ukraine.

Turkey has expressed concern over the recent clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops that claimed the lives of more than 20 Azerbaijani soldiers and reiterated an urgent solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem was necessary for entire regional stability and peace.