Armenia offered to free an Azerbaijani prisoner of war on Thursday as it continued trying to secure the release of an Armenian soldier who was captured by Azerbaijani troops near Nagorno-Karabakh last week, RFE/RL's Armenian service said.  Armenia offered to free an Azerbaijani prisoner of war on Thursday as it continued trying to secure the release of an Armenian soldier who was captured by Azerbaijani troops near Nagorno-Karabakh last week.

"Turkey is ready to do its best to stop the occupation of the Azerbaijani territories by Armenia," said Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addressing at the meeting of Foreign Ministers' Council of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States (CCTS) in Gabala, APA reports.

The meeting of ICRC representatives with POW Hakob Injighulyan will become possible once the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities reach a relevant agreement, representative of the ICRC Baku Office Illaha Guseynova told GALA TV channel on Thursday.

The Russian authorities fighting illegal migration is not a threat to the Armenian community of Russia, chairman of the Union of Russian Armenians, Ara Abrahamyan, told ArmInfo correspondent. 

"Azerbaijan supports the execution of the four UN Security Council resolutions demanding the immediate and unconditional liberation of the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani lands", - Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov made such a statement when speaking at a meeting of foreign ministers of the member-states of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking states on 15 August, in Gabala.

 Our mining mafia keeps secret that there are uranium and thorium deposits in the country, says Hakob Sanasaryan, President of the Green Union of Armenia.

 In Armenia mining companies are among the key sources of mercury pollution, expert of the Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment NGO Knarik Grigoryan told journalists on Thursday.

The information in Azerbaijani mass media about murder of the three Armenian servicemen and wounding of a battalion chief is "out of thin air", press-secretary of Armenia's Defence Ministry, Artsrun Hovannisyan, told Arminfo correspondent. 

President of Armenia, Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Serzh Sargsyan adopted a decision to nominate ex-mayor of Kapan Armen Karapetyan as parliamentarian from the 38th electoral constituency at the meeting of the RPA Executive Body overnight.

 Armenia and Russia have agreed to create certified centers for armament and equipment maintenance in the territory of Armenia, the Defense Ministry of Armenia told ArmInfo.

 Arcrun Hovhannisyan, Spokesperson of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, has said in a statement that a criminal case has been initiated on the fact of Hakob Injighulyan'snot returning back to his military postunder Article 365 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

 Eurostart, a leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe, has published data of the persons seeking shelter in the EU for Q1 2013, Radio Liberty Armenian service said. Thus, the number of Armenian citizens seeking refuge in Europe fell 12% in Q1 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012 (by some 200 people). 

Former police agent Vardan Ghukasyan (nickiname Dog) is back to the Police. Ghukasyan was sent to the personnel reserve after he applied force against journalist Ani Hovhannisyan in an incident on the Northern Avenue in Yerevan. 

The Armenian Commission on POWs, Detainees and missing in action express their concern about the situation and asks the ICRC to strengthen its efforts to visit Hakob Gevorg Injighulyan, citizen of the Republic of Armenia, who lost his bearings on the terrain on Aug 8, inadvertently crossed the Line of Contact and was subsequently found in the area of protection of Azerbaijani troops and captured by the latter. 

 Authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have on numerous occasions expressed their grave concern over the fraudulent campaign by Azerbaijan aimed at distorting the essence of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh and misleading the international community, says the statement by the NKR Foreign Ministry. 

 The authorities of Nagornyy Karabakh Republic are ready to start a dialogue with Azerbaijan in the matter of joint managing of the water resources, the NKR vice-premier, Artur Agabekyan, said in an interview with radio Liberty. He means Sarsang water basin as well as the waters of the Tartar river that flow out to different directions. He also added that if Azerbaijan does not react at their challenge for cooperation, in that case the NKR government will be forced to make big investments in the border regions so that to draw water resources for its own territories with a help of strong pumping facilities. 

 Youth activists, holding a sit-in picket in front of Yerevan Mayor's Office, will meet Yerevan mayor Taron Margaryan, at 5:00 PM, the statement disseminated by participants in the action, says. 

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake hit Georgia in the area of Kareli, Shida Kartli region, at 9.48am local time, Wednesday, Black Sea Press said referring to the Center of Seismis Monitoring at Ilia State University.

The statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Karabakh conflict has become as a cold shower for the authorities of Azerbaijan, vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament, press-secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, told ArmInfo correspondent. 

 Moscow should fear possible military alliance Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey rather than European integration of Armenia, senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute of International Studies Leonid Gusev told ArmInfo.