At a press conference held on the results of the talks in Yerevan Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Trubnikov, who is member of OSCE Minsk Group peace mission, stated the mediators "leave the region optimistically." In the diplomat's words, the peacemakers have not suggested anything new. "We are working on the formula, which has been discussed in Paris and Key West.

According to the information of the Secretary of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington Taira Tagizade, the conciliatory committee of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives will hear the question of giving the President the authority to waive the sanctions against Azerbaijan.

Public Relations Department of the Ministry of National Security of Armenia has spread a statement, which says:
"Azerbaijan authorities have launched recently a propaganda campaign to present Armenia as a country harboring terrorists

According to the information of "Eni Musavat" Baku newspaper, the new initiative of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs includes giving actual independence to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Yesterday leader of an Azeri organization with a high-flown name "Union of Karabakh Liberation" Akif Naghi came out with a statement, which said, "The only purpose of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs if to impel Azerbaijan to capitulation."

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Armenian Assembly of America Van Krikorian, who is member of the so-called Turkish-Armenian commission, accepted the invitation to be present and speak to the 22-nd Assembly of the American-Turkish Associations' Convention.

Yesterday the Council of Trustees of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University decided to appoint Former Prime Minister of Armenia, head of the International Center for Human Development Armen Darbinian as Rector of the University.

Telecommunication monopolist of Armenia "ArmenTel" company has responded positively to the Aremenian Government's initiative to hold negotiations on controversial questions for 60 days.

The other day Azerbaijani national defense ministry stated about the arrest of terrorist organization member, suspected in participation in the 11 September terrorist acts in Washington D.C. and New York. It is informed that the unit, the member of which is the arrested, is based in Cairo and the terrorist is the citizen of Egypt. Immediately after the arrest he was sent to Cairo. A special "Egypt Airlines" plane was sent to Baku for the flight of the accused, convoyed by Egyptian soldiers, to Cairo. Journalists were invited to make this demonstration action widely known. The arrested got on the airplane in a black mask, the fact that was making the situation false mysterious. It is kept the terrorist's name secret for some reason and Azerbaijani special services do not make clear the arrest particulars because of "investigation interests"…