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IRANIAN AND ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS DID NOT PASS OVER TOPIC OF STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM

March 6, 2002 - 23:18 AMT  03:40 GMT
Let us remind, yesterday in Ali Shamkhani and head of the Armenian defense department Serge Sargsian signed an agreement on military cooperation, which in the words of the two ministers, is not directed any third countries.

NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR IN YEREVAN HANDED HIS CREDENTIALS

March 6, 2002 - 23:11 AMT  03:40 GMT
Germany is ready to make every effort as member of OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, the German diplomat assured.

MEETING OF SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARIES OF «CAUCASIAN FOUR» PLANNED IN MOSCOW

March 6, 2002 - 22:29 AMT  03:40 GMT
To all appearance, meeting of the Security Council secretaries of the «Caucasian four» - Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan will be held in Moscow before the end of March.

ARMENIA'S OBLIGATIONS TO CE INCLUDE PASSING LAW ON MASS MEDIA, CE EXPERTS SPECIFIED

March 6, 2002 - 22:21 AMT  03:40 GMT
Council of Europe experts, who had arrived in Armenia to discuss the project of the law on mass media, clarified the situation around the document.

US CONGRESSMEN CALLED ON PRESIDENT TO CALL MASS EXTERMINATION OF ARMENIANS IN OTTOMAN TURKEY IN 1915 "GENOCIDE"

March 6, 2002 - 22:12 AMT  03:40 GMT
The letter stresses that "when America is recovering from the latest terrorist attack September 11, 2001 and is waging a fair struggle against violence, it is necessary to remember the earlier victims of intentional massacre."

NATO BRIGADE GENERAL FAMILIARIZES HIMSELF WITH ARMENIAN PEACEKEEPING FORCES TRAINING LEVEL

March 6, 2002 - 21:38 AMT  03:40 GMT
The American military officer also discussed questions of raising the effectiveness of cooperation within "Partnership for Peace" program with Chief of the Department of foreign relations and military cooperation of Armenian Ministry of Defense major general Mikayel Melkonian.

US CONGRESSWOMAN CALLED ON GEOGE BUSH TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO SETTLE CONFLICTS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

March 6, 2002 - 18:59 AMT  03:40 GMT
Morella called on Bush Administration to undertake urgent steps to lift the dual blockades of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan.

ARMENIAN SPECIAL SERVICES DENY POSSIBILITY OF USING NKR DEFENSE ARMY-CONTROLLED TERRITORY TO TRANSIT DRUGS

March 6, 2002 - 18:48 AMT  03:40 GMT
This rumor is being spread by Azeri special services pursuing propagandistic purposes.

NATO BRIGADE GENERAL IN ARMENIA

March 6, 2002 - 18:44 AMT  03:40 GMT
He will hold negotiations with Armenian military leadership and will discuss Armenia-NATO relations within the framework of «Partnership for Peace» program, as well as the coming NATO military exercises to be held in Armenia 2003.

ARMENIA AND TURKEY MUST SIT AT BARGAINING TABLE, OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE THINKS

March 6, 2002 - 00:22 AMT  03:40 GMT
"Reestablishment and development of bilateral relation between Armenia and Turkey will also have positive influence on the situation in the South Caucasian region in general", has states the OSCE chairman-in-office.
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