A new resolution of the European Parliament (EP) condemns the "unlawful persecution" of opposition members by the temporary commission of the Georgian parliament. The authors of the document draw attention to the disproportionately strong criticism of the actions of the government, whose powers expired more than 12 years ago, emphasizing the political nature of the "investigation".

Next week, the Council of the European Union will meet to discuss the situation in Georgia. The corresponding statement was made by the European Commissioner for EU enlargement Marta Kos, who stressed that what is happening in the country is "far from what we expect from a candidate country."

Rossotrudnichestvo has assessed Azerbaijani spying accusations and its closure of the Russian project Russian House as "stupid". The corresponding statement was made by the head of the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny Primakov. He noted with regret that members of the Russian community in Azerbaijan did not support Russia during the aggravation of relations between the two countries.

Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev expressed the country's position on the Russian-Ukrainian war in an interview with the Slovak publication Hospodárske noviny.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights may send an observation mission to the local elections to be held in Georgia this autumn. This will be implemented if official Tbilisi promptly initiates an invitation.

A Baku court has rejected appeals to soften the preventive measure against Russian journalists of Sputnik Azerbaijan Igor Kartavykh and Yevgeny Belousov. The decision of the court of first instance to arrest the defendants remained in force.

Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova reported that her Azerbaijani colleague Sabina Aliyeva promptly responded to the request regarding the detentions of Russians, promising to take all necessary measures "to restore justice and legality."

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Catholicos of All Armenians Ktrich Nersisyan planned to carry out a military coup in the country.

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, urged Dagestanis and Azerbaijanis "not to fall for provocations" amid difficulties in relations between Russia and Azerbaijan.

The territory of Armenia cannot be used by third countries to carry out military actions against any of the neighboring states. This was stated by the country's Foreign Ministry in response to information disseminated by Ukrainian intelligence about Moscow's increasing military presence in Armenia.