YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. Head of the Federal Frontier Service of Russia (FFS) Colonel-General Konstantin Totsky said today in Yerevan that Russian frontier guards are securely protecting the Armenian-Turkish border.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. The Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian told the journalists that it's premature yet to publicize the details of the last meeting of Presidents R. Kocharian and H. Aliyev, held on March 4-5 in Paris.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. Spain, which will hold the presidency in the European Union in the first half of 2002, stands ready to render any possible assistance to Armenia on the path of integration to European structures, Spanish Secretary of State for European issues Ramon de Miguel said after his one-day visit to Yerevan at a Tuesday press conference.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. The Office of Azeri President Heydar Aliyev has initiated public opinion poll in Azerbaijan on the ways of the Karabakh conflict settlement, Bilik Dunyasi agency reported.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. The press secretary of the President of Armenia, Vahe Gabrielian expressed doubt in the interview to Mediamax that "Turan" agency has authentically presented the statements of the Azeri Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has turned to the people, calling on them to speed up the process of voluntary returning of weapons and ammunition, illegally kept since the times of the Karabakh war.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. By the decision of Prime Minister of Armenia Andranik Margarian, Serzh Sarkisian, the Secretary of the Security Council at the President and the Defense Minister of Armenia, is appointed co-chairman of the Armenian-Russian commission for economic and scientific-technical cooperation.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) capital Stepanakert was discussed at the meeting of NKR Security Council on Tuesday.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. Director of the Federal Frontier Service (FFS) of Russia, Colonel-General Konstantin Totski is to arrive in Yerevan at 11:00 local time on a working visit.

YEREVAN, March 14. /Mediamax/. There was an explosion on the night of March 13 in the yard of the City department of internal affairs in Stepanakert.