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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SIGNED PROTOCOL ON FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION

December 19, 2001 - 22:52 AMT  14:11 GMT
Tomorrow meeting of the President with Emperor of Japan Akikhito will take place.

VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNED LAW ON RATIFICATION OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON JOINT PLANNING OF TROOP USE

December 19, 2001 - 22:51 AMT  14:11 GMT
The agreement, which was signed by the Defense Ministers of Armenia and Russia in September 2000, provides a legal basis for uniting efforts and coordinated actions of Russia and Armenia for securing joint defense in the Transcaucasus region.

SASUN AGHAJANYAN WHO ATTEMPTED ON NKR PRESIDENT IS IN MENTAL HOSPITAL

December 19, 2001 - 22:50 AMT  14:11 GMT
Ex-head of guard of the NKR's ex-minister of defense Sasun Aghajanyan, sentenced according to the case for the attempt at the President of Nagorno-Karabakh Arkady Ghukasyan, is admitted to Nubarashen mental hospital for the complex checkup.

JAPANESE INVESTORS INTERESTED IN EXPLOITING BOWELS OF ARMENIA

December 19, 2001 - 22:49 AMT  14:11 GMT
Minister of Industry and Trade Karen Chshmaritian and Chairman of the Japanese agency for international cooperation Takaaki Kawakimoi signed "Program of developing mineral industry of Armenia."

MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE UNVEILED IN VENEZUELA'S CAPITAL

December 19, 2001 - 22:33 AMT  14:11 GMT
The memorial is situated in one of the central squares of Caracas and is a small copy of the Yerevan's Tsitsernakaberd complex.

ARMENIAN CITIZENS TO VISIT UKRAINE WITHOUT VISA AFTER NEW YEAR

December 19, 2001 - 22:32 AMT  14:11 GMT
After January 1 citizens of Armenia will be able to enter Ukraine and transit through its territory without visa.

MEETING OF CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS AND AZERI RELIGIOUS LEADER TO TAKE PLACE IN LATE DECEMBER

December 19, 2001 - 22:31 AMT  14:11 GMT
The regular seventh meeting of Catholicos of All Armenian and the religious head of the Muslims of the Caucasus Sheikh Allahshukyur Pashazade will take place on the initiative of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksiy II.

IN GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT HEAD'S WORDS, TURK-MESKHETIANS WILL NOT MIGRATE TO JAVAKHK

December 19, 2001 - 22:31 AMT  14:11 GMT
Burjanadze stated the official Tbilisi would not agree to immigration of the Turks even if the Council of Europe threatens depriving Georgia of membership in the organization. "The country interests are the most important thing to us," - the Parliament head stressed.

ISRAELI DIPLOMAT DENIES INFORMATION ON TEL AVIV'S SECRET WEAPON SUPPLIES TO AZERBAIJAN

December 19, 2001 - 22:30 AMT  14:11 GMT
The secretary of Israel's Embassy in Armenia Garry Claman expressed the position of official Tel Aviv regarding the report about the secret supplies of Israeli defense technology to Azerbaijan.

BAKU OPPOSITION MAINTAINS AZERBAIJAN MAY BE EXPELLED FROM CE

December 19, 2001 - 22:29 AMT  14:11 GMT
Azerbaijan parliamentary opposition united into the so-called "Demblock" considered the question of fulfilling the obligations undertaken by the country when entering the Council of Europe.
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