Press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dzyunik Aghajian denied the information spread by some Azeri and Russian mass media that in the course of the negotiations held in Strasbourg lately Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian allegedly stated about the Armenian party's readiness to surrender four regions of the lower Karabakh to Azerbaijan.

As the Iranian embassy reported, the Turkish newspaper article about the alleged consent of the Iranian special services to contribute to Kurds in creation of the Kurdish Republic on the territory of Lachin, is a total-lot lie.

It is reported that in exchange official Yerevan counts on lifting the blockade of the railway communication through Nakhichevan.

Before being submitted for discussion at the plenary session the document was considered and approved by the parliamentary committee on foreign relations.

Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan investigates the implication of "Caspian fish Azerbaijan" company, which is monopolist in processing and exporting fish delicacy, in secret supplies of sturgeon and black fish eggs to Armenia.

The co-chairs of the US Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) have urged President George W. Bush to provide the legislators with the detailed description of the military aid that the administration intends to give to Azerbaijan.

The vigilance of the Azeri mass media is, in particular, due to the reports about the Iranian businessmen establishing an enterprise in Stepanakert producing polyethylene pipes used to build gas conduits, water pipes and irrigation systems.

The representatives of the candidate, who, according to the preliminary data, has lost the Akhalkalaki city assembly elections, came out with accusations against the regional electoral commission, which, in their words, had admitted falsification.

Armenian Ambassador to US Arman Kirakosian participated in a presentation devoted to opening of Armenian language lessons in Finix University of Arizona.

A trial of the case against hijackers of Azerbaijan’s branch of the “Hisbut-Tahrir” international terrorist organization has started in Baku. We recall that 6 Azerbaijani citizens are being accused of an attempt to overthrow the state regime and to prepare terrorist acts using firearms. “Turan” agency of Baku informs that they are particularly accused of preparation of the terrorist acts against the U.S. Embassy and offices of international organizations in Baku. According to investigation materials, the members of the group, the center of which is in Palestine, under the pretence of religious propaganda were intending to change the political system of Azerbaijan and to create an Islamic state there.