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Jivan Gasparyan dies aged 93

Jivan Gasparyan, who is a world-famous Armenian composer, musician and one of the well-known duduk masters, died on July 6 at the age of 93, his grandson, Jivan Gasparyan Jr., announced on Facebook.

"I am writing with great sorrow about my big loss. Rest in peace," he said.

Minister Aurescu, Armenian president talk about priority attached by EU to security of South Caucasus states

The visit to the South Caucasus of three EU foreign ministers is a "reconfirmation of the priority that both the EU and the Member States give to the stability and security of states" in this region, including "through greater involvement with a view to a lasting settlement of protracted conflicts," Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu said on Friday during talks in Yerevan with President Ar

ForMin Aurescu: Visits to Baku, Yerevan and Tbilisi send message on need to deepen reforms

The EU-mandated tour of the South Caucasus by the Romanian, Austrian and Lithuanian Foreign Ministers sends the respective states "a coordinated message on the need to continue and deepen reforms, in the spirit of the European agenda," Romania's top diplomat Bogdan Aurescu said today, as he spoke alongside his Austrian and Lithuanian counterparts before embarking on the trip.

ForMin Aurescu, Austrian, Lithuanian counterparts to visit South Caucasus to strengthen EU's geopolitical profile

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu will be touring the South Caucasus, June 24-26, accompanied by Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis to strengthen the European Union's geopolitical profile in its own neighbourhood, to increase the EU's involvement and role in resolving protracted conflicts in the region.

President Erdoğan visits symbolic Karabakh city

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 15 visited the symbolic town of Shusha recaptured by ally Azerbaijan during last year's war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Turkey was a key backer of Azerbaijan during the conflict, which erupted in September and ended in a Russian-brokered ceasefire after six weeks of fighting and some 6,000 deaths.

Aliyev says Zangezur corridor will strengthen ties with Turkey

The Azerbaijani president said on May 30 that a part of the Zangezur corridor that will connect his country with Turkey should pass through Armenia.

Speaking to Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu in Baku, Ilham Aliyev said the opening of the corridor will further strengthen relations between Turkic nations.

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