"Energy generation continues without hindrance in spite of the reduction of Russian gas supplies to the republic due to the wreckage of the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia main," - a representative of the ministry of energy said.

In spite of the Azeri party's efforts to show the OSCE Minsk group activities in the most negative light, the final document passed by the CE ministerial delegates supported the Minsk group activities and direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Chairman of the central electoral Commission of Azerbaijan Mazakhir Panakhov is not going to participate in the CIS observation mission at the presidential elections in Armenia.

The final decision on the issue will be passed at the recurrent sitting of the ministers in April 2003.

He made the decision having viewed a special ANCA screening of "Ararat" film of Atom Egoyan at last year-end, narrating about the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

After the visit to Azerbaijan of Rejeb Erdogan, the leader of the Party of Justice and Development of Turkey, there is certain coldness in the relations between Baku and Ankara. We’ll remind that the Turkish leader has accused Baku authorities of an unwillingness to undertake measures against the branches of the “Kurdish terrorist organizations” operating in the country and to eliminate the obstacles on the way of strengthening the economic contacts between the two countries.