The Prime Minister Andranik Margarian said that the pension might be increased in this year.

The government of Armenia does not expect exact agreements of Karabakh conflict settlement from the forthcoming meeting of presidents of the USA and Russia.

The minister of foreign affairs RA Vardan Oskanian intends to visit several African countries at the end of 2001. The head of foreign policy of Armenia said that MFA lets Africa pass from its visits undeservedly.

Makhomad Farkhak Koleyni, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran in Armenia, is named the contact person of IRI during the negotiations on Karabakh question settlement.