The ceasefire monitoring on the Azerbaijan and Armenia state border, in the direction of Gazakh district, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Dec. 13, ended without incidents, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said in a message on Dec. 13.

A positive result may be achieved next year on the appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev, who are illegally held hostage by the Armenian side, Chairman of the Azerbaijan Bar Association Anar Bagirov told reporters in Baku Dec. 12, Trend reports.

The Danish company Novo Nordisk is not engaged in any economic activity in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Dec. 11.

The Assembly of Canadian Azerbaijani Organizations and the Canadian Society of Azerbaijanis for the Arts sent a message to the local structures, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani State Committee on Work with Diaspora.

Iran supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and its fair position on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Major General Qasem Rezaee, commander of Iran’s Border Guard, said at the meeting with Azerbaijan’s defense minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov Dec. 11, Trend reports citing Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry.

During the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 1,483 Armenian prisoners of war and hostages were released, Eldar Samadov, deputy head of the Working Group of Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, said.

During intensive military operations, relatives of prisoners of war, as well as hostages and missing persons - a certain part of Azerbaijani citizens, without coordinating their steps with the relevant authorities, headed to Georgia, where they held informal meetings with Armenians, said Eldar Samadov, deputy head of the Working Group of Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons.

Azerbaijani MP, vice president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) Azay Guliyev expressed his gratitude to Chairman of the OSCE PA’s Sub-Committee on the Rules and Procedure, Vice-President of the organization Lord Peter Bowness, Trend reports on Dec. 6.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, Azerbaijan, and Armenia agreed to continue working towards a just and lasting peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports citing a joint statement by the heads of delegations of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, Azerbaijan, and Armenia following a session during the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Milan on Dec. 6.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the leadership of the ministry who are currently at the front-line zone on the instructions of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, visited foremost units, Trend reports citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry on Dec. 6.

Milan hosted a meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) Bureau, and vice-president of the structure, Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev made a speech at this meeting, Trend reports Dec. 6.

Azerbaijan didn’t apply to Russia for buying the Bal-E coastal missile system, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told Trend Dec. 6.

Very useful discussions were held on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

After the election in Armenia, Azerbaijan stands ready for substantial and intensive negotiations as proposed and supported by OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said in an interview with EURACTIV Dec. 4.

The ceasefire monitoring at the contact line between the troops of Azerbaijan and Armenia, in the direction of Fuzuli district, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on December 4, ended with no incident, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Dec. 4.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs must be more active in forcing Armenia into holding substantive negotiations with Azerbaijan for the problem to be resolved through a constructive dialogue of the sides, well-known Azerbaijani political analyst, former diplomat Fikret Sadikhov told Trend.

The European Union should be involved in the negotiations on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Honorary Consul of Azerbaijan in Stuttgart Otto Hauser told Trend.

The Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, in accordance with its mandate, plans to conduct the next ceasefire monitoring on the line of contact (LOC) between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops Dec. 4 in the Fuzuli district, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Dec. 3.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan taking part in the 25th session of the OSCE Ministerial Council will have a meeting with the mediation of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stephane Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America) in Milano on December 5, 2018, said a message from Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry.

There is difficult social situation in Armenia, a member of the Azerbaijani delegation, chairman of the Azerbaijan Press Council Aflatun Amashov, who participated in the 52nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) held in Yerevan, told reporters in Baku Nov. 30.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces have 29 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said Dec. 1.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold substantive discussions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during bilateral meetings within the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan Dec. 6-7, Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a press conference on Nov. 30, answering Trend’s question on what is planned for discussion.

Thanks to the efforts of State Committee for Work with the Azerbaijani Diaspora, the disinformation about Azerbaijan in the Yandex.ru search engine owned by Russia was removed from the engine, the committee said in a message Nov. 29.

Bako Saakyan’s visit to Moscow caused a wave of displeasure in Baku, whose reaction did not keep long to wait.

The recent statement by Armenia's acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, repeating the already expressed groundless idea of participation of the illegal regime, created in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, in the negotiations, even though aimed for internal consumption in the pre-election period, undermines the already fragile settlement process and demonstrates the true intention of Armenia to consolidate the fait accompli situation created as a result of the use of force against Azerbaijan, said Leyla Abdullayeva, the acting spokeswoman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.