Azerbaijan has confirmed that it has detained Arayik Harutyunyan, the self-proclaimed president of Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Iran's Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian urges collective cooperation aimed at promoting peace and economic development in the Caucasus region.

Iranian and Azerbaijani military officials have reached an agreement on holding a joint naval exercise in the Caspian Sea in the near future.

The chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the country is ready to contribute to lowering tensions in the Caucasus region, and send observers to the border regions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Armenia’s parliament ratifies the founding Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, amid strained ties with Russia.

Iran has expressed its support for the expansion of transportation routes in the region, but reiterated the Islamic Republic’s opposition to any geopolitical changes.

Azerbaijani media said the mission was led by a senior aid official and was the first of its kind sent to the region in nearly three decades.

Armenians gather to take part in an anti-government protest in central Yerevan.

Ethnic Armenian separatists in Karabakh agree to dissolve their government by the end of the year and become a full part of Azerbaijan.

Nearly half of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled the region in fear of reprisal from Azerbaijan, Armenia says.