1.   Armenian separatists elected their first president in Nagorno-Karabakh despite strong opposition from Azerbaijan, the country that surrounds the disputed enclave.

2.   Armenian separatists have taken control of the region and seized some territories in Azerbaijan proper.

3.   Armenian separatists achieved de facto control over the province, but a political solution remains elusive.

4.   There have been no large-scale hostilities for the last few years since Armenian separatists have seized full control over the region, but peace efforts remained stalled.

5.   He also asked for similar action on the negotiations between Armenian separatists and Azerbaijani authorities in the Nagorno Karabakh region, Interfax said.

6.   His comments followed three days of talks between officials from Azerbaijan, Armenia and the disputed mountainous territory, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by Armenian separatists.

7.   Armenian separatists fought a bitter eight-year war against neighbouring Azerbaijan over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is mainly populated by Armenians.

8.   Armenian separatists who control it at the moment are calling for independence or attachment to neighbouring Armenia, but Baku is willing only to grant cultural autonomy.

9.   Armenia unofficially supports ethnic Armenian separatists that are claiming independence from Azerbaijan in their enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

10.   Armenian separatists from Nagorno-Karabakh have launched several offensives and occupied parts of the Azeri territory.