Georgian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers held a phone conversation on May 17 to discuss a recent controversy, caused after repositioning of Azerbaijani border guards on May 6 in a disputed border section running through Davit Gareji monastery complex, no longer allowing visitors from Georgia to access some of the sites of the complex.
Eurovision song contest hopefuls pranced and posed their way through rehearsals at Baku's Crystal Hall this week, while on nearby streets Azerbaijani police were seizing protesters.
A number of Azerbaijani opposition supporters have begun a hunger strike, demanding the release of activists detained during the recent protest rallies.
