Head of the national committee of the Helsinki Civil Assembly Arzu Abdullayeva said yesterday.

Representatives of RAO UES Russian company and ministry of energy of Russia will discuss the issue of joint management of the Armenian nuclear power plant with the Armenian party.

Minister of industry, science and technology of Russia Ilya Klebanov said upon his arrival in Yerevan.

Due to the threat of acts of terrorism the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan has appealed the republic foreign ministry requesting to undertake measures to guard the embassy in Baku, consulate in Nakhichevan and Turkish organizations throughout Azerbaijan.

Speakers of the parliaments of Armenia Armen Khachatrian, Azerbaijan Murtuz Aleskerov, Georgia Nino Burdjanadze, Russia Sergey Mironov will participate in the Kislovodsk meeting.

Members of the diplomatic community and leaders of civil and human rights organizations will join members of Congress and Armenian American community representatives from across the country in the memorial ceremony to be held April 9.

Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze and Azeri leader Heydar Aliyev will discuss the opportunity of participation of the Azeri military in peacekeeping operations in Abkhazia.

Intense talks coordinated by the chief of the electoral staff of the 16 opposition parties Vagharshak Harutyunian are in process at present.

The US assistance to Armenia is planned $49.5 million next year, while making not less than $80 million in 2003.

Last Friday the President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasian stated the readiness to release Elmeddin Abiyev, war prisoner, a member of a sabotage group who attempted to get in the territory of NKR. We’ll remind that the incident took place on January 8 in the Agdam sector of the contact line of Karabakh and Azerbaijani forces. As a result of a cross-fire, Abiyev was wounded, while other members of the group escaped.