25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The ex-defense minister of Armenia Vagharshak Haroutyunian stated in an interview to "Haykakan Jamanak" Armenian daily that he supports the statements by the political secretary of the Union of Socialist Forces of Armenia Ashot Manucharian.

25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Along with the bill on the state budget for FY2001 the Armenian government will submit to the parliament a program on amending tax and customs laws, the Armenian Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Gagik Arzoumanian said in his interview to Mediamax.

25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. By the end of 2000 the Armenian government will work out a complex program on combat with poverty, the deputy Economy and Finance Minister of Armenia Gagik Arzoumanian stated in an interview to Mediamax.

25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Chinese Foreign Minister Tan Tziatsuyan stated during the negotiations with his Azeri counterpart Vilayat Guliyev that China supports Azeri efforts aimed at protecting its territorial integrity.

25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. A reliable source in Moscow informed Mediamax that the question on the transit of the Russian electricity to Turkey via Armenia was discussed during the visit of the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and the chairman of the board of the "RAO EES Rossio" (Russian JSC United Energy System) Anatoliy Chubays to Turkey.

25.10.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Despite the recent events connected with discussions of the Armenian Resolution in the US Congress, could also buy electricity from Armenia.