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FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO SOUTH CAUCASIAN STATES STARTS

September 28, 2002 - 21:06 AMT  19:25 GMT
According to the French MFA reports, the visit is to evaluate the level of stability in the region suffering from the unsettled conflicts: the Karabakh, Abkhaz and the South-Osetia ones.

ARMENIAN COMPANIES TO PARTICIPATE IN MIDDLE EAST FOOD EXPOSITION

September 28, 2002 - 20:58 AMT  19:25 GMT
India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Kuwait Egypt, Germany and Indonesia will present their products at the exposition.

FOR LAST TIME PACE OFFICIALLY WARNED BAKU ABOUT INADMISSIBILITY OF VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN

September 28, 2002 - 20:41 AMT  19:25 GMT
As the Azeri media reports, in the course of the discussion of the report on the results of the monitoring in Azerbaijan at the PACE fall session, a criticism about official Baku was heard.

AZERBAIJAN CLOSE TO CIVIL WAR

September 28, 2002 - 20:21 AMT  19:25 GMT
The co-reporter of the PACE monitoring commission on Azerbaijan Andreas Gross has state that in his interview with "BBC".

WASHINGTON HIGHLY APPRECIATES ARMENIAN AND AZERI HEADS' ASSISTANCE IN PEACEFUL TALKS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

September 28, 2002 - 20:20 AMT  19:25 GMT
Spokesman of the US embassy in Azerbaijan James Stuart has stated that.

COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSIONER ON HUMAN RIGHTS ARRIVES IN YEREVAN

September 28, 2002 - 20:19 AMT  19:25 GMT
The main purpose of the visit is the participation in the seminar "International experience and perspectives of the human rights protection in the constitutional court", organized in Yerevan by the CA Venetian commission and the Constitutional court of Armenia.

ARMENIA MADE A NOTICEABLE PROGRESS IN FULFILLMENT OF ITS COMMITMENTS TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE

September 28, 2002 - 19:33 AMT  19:25 GMT
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has considered the report on Armenia's fulfillment of commitments undertaken when joining the Council of Europe and passed a corresponding resolution.

ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIAN SARATOV REGION AND ARMENIA MAKES PROGRESS, REGION GOVERNOR STATED

September 28, 2002 - 19:24 AMT  19:25 GMT
The governor informed that the Armenians are practically engaged in all the spheres in Saratov.

OSCE PEACE -MAKERS INSIST ON RECOGNITION OF KARABAKH AS AN INDEPENDENT SIDE OF CONFLICT

September 27, 2002 - 05:00 AMT  19:25 GMT
Before the visit to the region of the peace-makers of the OSCE Minsk group the Russian co-chairman Nikolay Gribkov made a statement which attracted the attention of the observers. He spoke in favor of direct participation of the NKR authorities as an “independent side of the conflict” in negotiations. Nikolay Gribkov said that “sooner or later Karabakh should be involved in the negotiation process”. “I have always said that it will hardly be possible to arrive at a settlement without participation of Stepanakert, without taking into account the interests of Nagorno Karabakh. I think everybody understands that Nagorno Karabakh is no longer an object, but a subject of negotiations,” the diplomat said.
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