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US NON-EMIGRATION VISA PRICE TO INCREASE FROM NOVEMBER 1

October 16, 2002 - 23:52 AMT  22:16 GMT
From November 1, the US non-emigration visa will be $100 instead of $65.

ARMENIAN PREMIER AND YUGOSLAVIAN AMBASSADOR CONSIDERED OPPORTUNITIES OF ARMENIA-YUGOSLAVIA RELATIONS REESTABLISHMENT

October 16, 2002 - 23:27 AMT  22:16 GMT
The Premier also spoke about the issue of reconstruction of the Armenian Church destroyed in Belgrade and recovery of the construction belonging to the community in order to establish Armenian cultural center in it.

CIS FRONTIER TROOPS COMMANDERS COUNCIL MEETING TO START IN YEREVAN

October 16, 2002 - 23:26 AMT  22:16 GMT
It is expected that Russian frontier service director Konstantin Totsky and Georgian State Department on border guarding chairman will sign a protocol on events on strengthening guarding of Russian-Georgian border.

ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN HAD TO LEAVE TURKEY TO ESCAPE PERSECUTIONS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

October 16, 2002 - 23:26 AMT  22:16 GMT
Armenian businessman Victor Bedoyan, who had arrived from the US and established hotel business in Turkey, had to leave Turkey a year later.

IF I NOT SETTLE NAGORNO-KARABAKH ISSUE, NO ONE TO SETTLE IT, AZERI PRESIDENT STATED

October 16, 2002 - 23:25 AMT  22:16 GMT
According to him, the Azeri army is very strong and is able to get back the lost territories, though "the Azeri leadership, despite the calls of the community that are more often now, prefers the peaceful talks, the aspects of which are not exhausted yet".

RUSSIA AND ARMENIA FIRST PRESIDENTS' MEETING TOOK PLACE IN YEREVAN

October 16, 2002 - 20:50 AMT  22:16 GMT
The meeting took place on the initiative of the Russian ex-president.

USAID ALLOTTED $15 MILLION FOR ELIMINATION OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT CONSEQUENCES

October 16, 2002 - 20:48 AMT  22:16 GMT
The US Agency of International Development signed an agreement on rendering assistance to people suffering from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

SIC DEFENSE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FUTURE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT

October 16, 2002 - 19:38 AMT  22:16 GMT
The plan of the activities of the CIS defense ministers Council for 2003 will be approved and a number of issues concerning the CIS Armed forces Central base will be discussed.

RUSSIA AND ARMENIA HAVE TO SETTLE ISSUE OF REESTABLISHMENT OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION THROUGH ABKHAZIA WITH GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES

October 16, 2002 - 19:37 AMT  22:16 GMT
Armenian-Russia interparliamentary commission on cooperation co-chair, the International union of industrialists chair Nikolay Rijkov has stated that Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze does not wish to open that line as he uses that as a "political key factor in the relations with Abkhazia".

ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND RUSSIAN AIR FORCES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF DISCUSSED PERSPECTIVES OF MILITARY AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

October 16, 2002 - 19:21 AMT  22:16 GMT
The sides also spoke about the issue of joint duty within the framework of the CIS joint air defense system and issues regarding the Russian 102 military aircraft depot in Armenia.
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