The meeting of the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers is not planned at present, Armenian MFA press secretary Dzyunik Aghadjanian stated.

Today Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas being on a visit in Armenia attended Yerevan Brandy Factory, where he got acquainted with the production of the well-known Armenian drink.

Today Azeri foreign minister Vilayat Guliyev stated that the Armenian-Russian joint military training taken place in Armenia last week "negatively influence upon the stability in the South Caucasus".

In the words of Azeri foreign minister Vilayat Guliyev, "we are holding negotiations on the conflict settlement within the framework of the OSCE Minsk group, the status of which is higher than that of the CIS".

They demand to resume the energy supply to Marneul region, which had been stopped because of the low rate of tax collection.

Serge Sargsian's working visit to Vilnius expected September 21.

Swiss juridical company employee Hans Bodmer was arrested by the inquiry of the US court authorities, having been announced the key figure for paying bribes to the Azeri supreme leadership for being given the opportunity to take part in the process of privatization in the country in 1997-1999.

Today Vilayat Guliyev stated that Armenian and Azeri external policy department heads with the participation of the OSCE mediators will meet in a "neutral territory" within the next 10-15 days.

We wish the South Caucasus to be involved within the frames of the EU immediate interests, Armenian president Robert Kocharian said.

The corresponding decision was taken by the Perm administration on the initiative of the local Armenian community.