There has been no progress in re-uniting Georgia with either of its separatist regions, South Ossetia or Abkhazia.

Sporadic clashes and accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia over their lingering border war have left a question as to whether anything will stop the smouldering conflict. 

Milli Mejlis MP Eldaniz Salimov was ordered locked up following a late-night brawl in a Caspian Sea resort town two hours north of Baku.

A top new Armenian government official told the National Assembly in unusually blunt terms that Armenia had to move on from its war losses. A key government priority would be unblocking trade and transit routes, he said.