Russia has also voiced readiness to continue assisting both the central Asian nations in maintaining stability in the region.

Russian media say Armenia has asked Moscow to help defend its territorial sovereignty against attacks by Azerbaijani forces, amid renewed border clashes between the two sides.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has played down as propagandistic the Israeli military chief’s recent threat of another war on the Gaza Strip in response to a new wave of anti-Israel demonstrations there.

Armenia says two of its soldiers have been killed in new border clashes with Azerbaijani troops.

Kyrgyzstan bans hundreds of Tajik passengers from entering the country.

Myanmar military forces clash with ethnic armed groups along the Chinese border amid ongoing anti-coup protests.

People gather in a hotel after being evacuated from villages affected by fighting along the Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan border.