The source informed the delegation would be headed by an officer, who was commissioned to make decisions on behalf of Pentagon.

Director of the Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin, who is in Nagorno Karabakh, has met with NKR President Arkady Ghukasian. The state head discussed the course of the negotiations on Karabakh conflict settlement with the Russian political scientist.

These are the results of a survey held by the Armenian sociological association among 1500 citizens in different parts of Armenia.

Nagorno Karabakh Republic Foreign Ministry has come out with a statement concerning the information in some mass media that the question of creating a military block will be discussed at the meeting of the heads of the foreign departments of unrecognized states to be held in Sukhumi in February next year.

In accordance with the verdict of the Supreme Court of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic former Mayor of Stepanakert, brother of the former Defense Minister of the Republic Karen Babayan accused of official status abuse and illegal storage of weapons and ammunition, was set free yesterday.

The Government has also charged to solve the question of renaming the enterprise.

Russian Biographical Institute called President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian a laureate of "Man of the Year -2001" national premium. Ara Abrahamian is awarded the premium in the sphere of political activity "for prominent contribution to strengthening the civil society of Russia.

As we have already informed, several Arabian newspapers recently published articles which confirm that Israel secretly delivers military technique to Azerbaijan. The last article containing such facts was published recently in the "Muari" weekly issued in Beirut ("Strategic Alliance of Turkey and Israel Broadens at the Expense of Azerbaijan"). It was preceded by information infiltrated in the Turkish press saying that during the visit of the Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon to Ankara the sides discussed issue of rendering joint assistance to Azerbaijan. This was written in "Hurriet" and "Radical" newspapers. Tel-Aviv and Baku hastened to deny this sensational information. However, the following events proved that the concerns were not in vain.