05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "China welcomes the direct dialogue of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan and international efforts aimed at finding peaceful solution to the Karabakh conflict", says the joint communique signed today in Peking by the President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin and the Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margarian.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. A concert dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the proclamation of Christianity as the state religion of Armenia will take place on February 13 in one of Europe's oldest religious centers, the cathedral of Notre Dame.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Within the framework of festivities to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity as state religion, 10 exhibitions will be held in Armenia and abroad.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "All the Armenian hotels can't room 150 thousand tourists, which are to visit Armenia in 2001 connected with the festivities to be held on the occasion of the proclamation of Christianity as state religion in Armenia", said deputy head of the state committee for festivities organization Khosrov Harutiunian.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "The government of Armenia approved the State Program of Festivities to be held on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the Proclamation of Christianity as the State religion in Armenia", said deputy head of the state committee for festivities organization Khosrov Harutiunian.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The Government of Armenia and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed today in Yerevan an agreement on direct sale of 19.9% of shares of each of the 4 distributive power networks of Armenia, presented in the international tender.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The National Assembly of Armenia passed the "Scientific and scientific-technical activity" bill today.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi told at a press conference in Teheran that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran has nothing to do with the initiative of the possible consideration of the resolution recognizing the Genocide of Armenians by the parliament of the country.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "In case of consistent work the constitutional amendments package can be passed in 2001", leader of "Orinats Yerkir", deputy of the Armenian parliament Arthur Baghdasarian said in the interview to Mediamax.

05.12.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. "Setting time limits for the amendments to the Electoral Code to become valid had no serious grounds", leader of "Orinats Yerkir", deputy of the Armenian parliament Arthur Baghdasarian said in the interview to Mediamax.