President of the World Armenian Congress and the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian said on the eve of the 15-th anniversary of the catastrophe in Armenia.

The visit aims to continue consultations with Azeri authorities to intensify the negotiations with the Armenian leadership over settlement of the Karabakh problem.

Deputy prime minister of Russia Boris Alyoshin is appointed new chairman of the Russian part of the intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation between Armenia and Russia.

A group of armed robbers in masks rushed in the Georgian United Bank building and took a way a big sum of money.

The European Parliament President and the Armenian leader discussed the opportunities of establishing closer ties of the South Caucasian countries with the enlarging European Union.

Within the 10 months of the current year on the rate of the gross domestic product growth Armenia is the first among the CIS countries with the indicator of 15.7%.

According to minister of transport and communication of Armenia Andranik Manukian, there are legal preconditions for that.

Robert Kocharian discussed with the NATO leader prospects of working out Armenia-NATO individual partnership plan, the situation in the South Caucasus, as well as issues of combating international terrorism.

According to the embassy forecasts, some 8000 Russian citizens will vote in Armenia December 7.

Gunter Verheugen, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, said at a meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian in Brussels.