The first Yerevan-Stepanakert flight may operate this spring, Prime Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 16 rebels were among the dead in the fighting in and around Dael.

The event brought together 60 representatives of companies from Armenia, Italy, Georgia, Russia and Germany.

Lavrov did not single out any specific country, but urged all sides involved in the Korean standoff to refrain from muscle-flexing.

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister and Chinese ambassador signed an agreement on technical cooperation.

The official said 214 other migrants, mainly from Africa, on five boats had also been detained in the past 48 hours.

The workers were apparently abducted at a checkpoint near the city of Benghazi and held for hours before being freed.a