“Co-chairs do not visit the region for a long time. For the next time they will discuss with the officials the development of process on the results of St-Petersburg meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents”, Araz Azimov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan told APA exclusively.

India intends to extend energy cooperation with Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. APA reports quoting NewDelhi Times that a meeting within India-CIS format will be held with the participation of officials of these countries in New Delhi on November 21. Several energy and transport projects will be possibly discussed during the meeting.

“Greece and Azerbaijan are working for the simplification of visa regime between themselves”, said Iraklis Valvis, secretary general of Greek National Tourism Organization at the meeting with tourism companies and business peoples operated in Azerbaijan, APA reports. Valvis said he discussed with the minister of culture and tourism of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev the issue of direct Baku-Athens flight. Valvis has also met with the rector of Azerbaijan Tourism Institute Jafar Jafarov and the students of the institute. They have discussed at the meeting the student and staff exchanging and mutual visits between the tourism schools of the two countries.

OSCE Minsk Group French Co-Chair Bernard Fassier met with EU officials in Brussels on June 19. Fassier’s Spokesman told APA they had discussed solution process of Nagorno Karabakh problem. French mediator will discuss his next week visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia too.

“Azerbaijan has only problem and it is non-solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict yet, which is a source of threat to whole region.

“The United States does not see itself in the contest with Russia for “influence,” much less a sphere of influence in the South Caucasus or any region.

With the Senate Foreign Relations Committee set to consider U.S. Ambassador to Armenia nominee Marie Yovanovitch at a confirmation hearing on Thursday, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama restated his commitment to U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA.) In a letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian, Sen. Obama wrote “I share your view that the United States must recognize the events of 1915 to 1923, carried out by the Ottoman Empire, as genocide. We must recognize this tragic reality. The Bush Administration’s refusal to do so is inexcusable, and I will continue to speak out in an effort to move the Administration to change its position.” says Sen. Obama in letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian Sen. Obama went on to cite his concerns about the firing of former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans in 2006 for speaking truthfully about the Armenian Genocide