01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has repeatedly stated that she thinks the best way to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations is the beginning of a dialogue between the two states".

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The main objective of my visit to the region was the request of the US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright", stated today in Yerevan the Counselor to the US Secretary of State for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich following the negotiations with the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "I am familiar with the public discussions regarding the question of territorial swap, and I don't think that the sides have come to an agreement in this matter", stated today in Yerevan the Counselor to the US Secretary of State for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich following the negotiations with the President of Armenia Robert Kocharian.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Counselor to the US Secretary of State for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich and the US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Carey Cavanaugh met today in Yerevan with the Armenian President Robert Kocharian.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "I think that the direct dialogue between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, which continues for about 1.5 years, is very valuable", said today the Counselor of the US Secretary of State for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich in reply to the question of Mediamax, after his meeting with President of Armenia Robert Kocharian in Yerevan.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The "SM-Rating"rating service of the Armenian Sed Marsed consulting company has published the rating of the Armenian banks summing up the second quarter of 2000.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The fact that the bill for 2001 state budget inherited the domestic debts of the government for previous years at 61 bln drams that is 20.6% of expenditure part of the 2001FY budget is the feature of the state budget, Pavel Safarian, the deputy Finance and Economy Minister of Armenia informed in interview to Mediamax.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Today, the Armenian government will submit the bill on state budget for 2001 and the budget message to the National Assembly of the country.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Today, visiting Armenia the US State Department's Advisor for Newly Independent States Steven Sestanovich and the US co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Carry Cavanaugh will meet with the Armenian President and the Foreign Minister.

01.11.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are convinced that a simultaneous accession of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe would foster stability and security in the region and would also give impetus to the peaceful solution of the Karabakh conflict.