On Monday Azerbaijani Defence Minister Safar Abiyev met with Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Alasania, who is in Azerbaijan on a visit. During the meeting, the ministers discussed Azerbaijani-Georgian relations, the perspectives of military cooperation and the military and political situation in the region.

For the fourth day in a row Bulgarians will stage nationwide protest rallies against the government, formed on the mandate of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP. The demonstrations were sparked by the decision of the

Agreement on Macedonia’s joining the South Stream gas pipeline project will be ready by the end of this week.