The matter is political for Baku, Aliyev noted at the meeting with US energy minister Abraham Spencer.

The conference participants will discuss the process of realization of protocol on cooperation of special services in struggle against terrorism, separatism and extremism.

The project of laying pipeline to transport Azeri oil through the Georgian territory to Turkey was assessed this way by Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov when addressing the forum of Eurasian group in New York.

The rating including 140 UN member states took into consideration the relation between the volume of direct foreign investments and the volume of economy of the given country within 1998-2000.

As Armenian deputy foreign minister Ruben Shugarian told, some provisions of the document were already worked out.

Republic of Armenia ambassador in Minsk Suren Harutyunian stated it.

The oil pipeline building has to do with influx of huge investments into the region, which will strengthen the independence of the states participating in the project and make for their intimacy with the West, the Georgian leader emphasized.

The parties noted such spheres as tourism, industry, science and culture among the prospective directions of cooperation.

Today a wide range of questions concerning Armenian-Russian relations were discussed by Russian presidential administration head Alexander Voloshin being in Yerevan and Armenian leader Robert Kocharian.

Newly appointed Republic of Kazakhstan ambassador to Armenia Altynbek Sarsenbayuli stated it while handing his credentials to Armenian President Robert Kocharian.