The delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Armenia is holding negotiations in Dubai on preparation to signing of the agreements on avoidance of double taxation and encouragement of investments.

The US Embassy in Armenia has undertaken the function of transferring the collected means to the relatives of the perished.

In the course of the visit the Latvian deputies will meet with the leadership of Armenia, members of the Armenian Parliament.

The Armenian delegation presented the position of official Yerevan in the question of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which proceeds from the principle of peoples' right for self-determination.

Head of the Turkish Fund of Democracy, Deputy Chairman of "Fatherland" party Bulent Akarjali has come out with a proposal of cooperation between Turkey, Russia, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan to resolve the conflicts in the Caucasus.

Representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and the International Agency on Atomic Energy will participate in the conference together with Georgian and US specialists.

Washington has a number of initiatives, aiming at establishment of stability, security and prosperity in South Caucasus, resting on common social-economic interests of the countries of the region, the Ambassador noted.

French Ambassador Phillip de Suremain stated it after the meeting with President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkadiy Ghukasian.

Russian Co-Chair Nikolay Gribkov stated it while commenting the results of the meetings with Armenian and Azeri heads.

Recently there is a great interest towards private and public initiatives aimed at Karabakh conflict's settlement in Azerbaijan. Evidently, the leaders of Azerbaijani NGOs have perceived too literally the statements of the international mediators saying that a settlement for the Karabakh problem should be found in capital cities of the states, which are conflict sides. Without coming to an agreement with anyone, Baku's public figures have started to elaborate schemes of settlement and have put them for discussion of the society. Officials engaged in settlement of Karabakh problem are watching this strange process with bewilderment, but prefer not to intervene, while the initiatives become more and more active.