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GEORGIA INCREASED ENERGY VOLUME IMPORTED FROM ARMENIA BECAUSE OF THERMOELECTRIC POWER STATION EXPLOSION

December 25, 2001 - 21:58 AMT  22:52 GMT
Because of the explosion of the 10 block of Gardaban thermoelectric power station that supplied Tbilisi's half with energy, Georgia's President Eduard Shevarnadze has declared a state of emergency in the country's energy system.

ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT OFFICIAL VISIT TO IRAN HAS BEGUN

December 25, 2001 - 21:56 AMT  22:52 GMT
They will result in signing of over 10 documents regarding the development of the cooperation in different spheres. The main result document will be the joint political communiqué.

RUSSIAN COMPANY PROBABLY TO PARTICIPATE IN BAKU-JEYHAN OIL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

December 25, 2001 - 21:56 AMT  22:52 GMT
Russian «Lukoil» company will participate in the realization of the project Baku-Tbilisi-Jeyhan. These are sensational results of the short-term visit of company President Vagit Alekperov to Baku.

RUSSIA'S VICE PRIME MINISTER ILYA KLEBANOV TO DISCUSS ISSUE ON ARMENIAN ENTERPRISE SHARES TRANSFER TO RUSSIAN PART ACCORDING TO «DEBTS FOR INVESTMENTS» SCHEME

December 25, 2001 - 21:55 AMT  22:52 GMT
Vice Prime minister of Russia, co-chair of the intergovernmental Armenian-Russian commission on economic cooperation Ilya Klebanov will arrive in Yerevan with a business visit.

"SRETENKA" MOSCOW CONCERN PRESIDENT ASSURES HE WILL NOT LET "CREDIT-YEREVAN" GO BANKRUPT

December 25, 2001 - 21:54 AMT  22:52 GMT
"Credit-Yerevan" new shareholder, Russian businessman, "Sretenka" company head Levon Markos (Ayrapetyan) intends to realize a long-term investment for financial recovery of the bank that is under the banking failure threat.

CONSCRIPT CALL-UP AGE IN AZERBAIJAN MIGHT BE INCREASED BY EIGHT YEARS

December 25, 2001 - 21:54 AMT  22:52 GMT
This will happen if the parliament approves the bill drafted by Aliyev.

AZERBAIJAN ARMED BY ISRAEL?

December 15, 2001 - 04:00 AMT  22:52 GMT
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.
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