YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Azeri President Heydar Aliyev said in Milli Majlis today that the proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group do not meet Azerbaijan's interests.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Vilayat Guliyev, speaking in Milli Majlis today, called on Azeri people to support H. Aliyev in achieving soonest peace resolution of the conflict.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. The opening ceremony of "The Treasures of the Ark" exhibition, at which the Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second will be present, will take place on March 1 in the British library of London.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II left today for the first official visit to the headquarters of the World Church Council, located in Geneva.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian, speaking today at the presentation of the National report on human development in the UN Yerevan Office, said that Armenia has taken practical steps and has achieved certain progress in the development of democracy and human rights.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Armenia is the 93rd among the 174 countries of the world by human development indices, while in 1999 it was the 87th, National Coordinator of UN Development Program (UNDP) Nune Yeghiazarian said today at a press conference in Yerevan.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. The House of Representatives in the state of California (USA) submitted a proposal to recognize the Armenian Genocide and accept April 24 as the remembrance day.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian expressed surprise in connection with the discussion of ways of Karabakh conflict settlement in Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis, which is to be held today.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. The President of Armenia Robert Kocharian signed on Feb. 22 the decree ratifying the Memorandum of mutual understanding.

YEREVAN, February 23. /Mediamax/. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vardan Oskanian denied today at the talk with the journalists the information that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a verbal agreement on principles of Karabakh conflict settlement.