The US Congress will provide $750 thousand in International Military Education Training (IMET) within aid package for Armenia in FY 2003 instead of the $300 thousand last year.

Georgian refugees from Abkhazia demand for the Transcaucasian stripe of the railway to be restored only after restoration of Georgian jurisdiction over the region and return of refugees to Gali region.

In the words of Walter Schwimmer, postponing the PACE vote on report on political prisoners till September is the last opportunity for Baku to solve the problem.

In the words of Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian, the parties are expected to finally establish the state frontier within 2004.

Serge Sargsian gave a positive evaluation of "Cooperative Best Effort- 2003" military exercise held in Armenia.

The negotiations between the representatives of the railway departments of Georgia and Russia about the implementation of the agreements on exploitation of the Abkhazian sector of the railway linking Russia and Armenia concluded by Presidents of the two countries have started.