Mother of former Armenian Minister of Internal Affairs, former leader of "Armenian National Movement" party Vano Siradeghian died February 2.

Robert Kocharian and Vladimir Putin discussed questions concerning bilateral relations, regional problems, global policy, as well as preparation to the informal meeting of the heads of CIS member states, which would be held in Almati at the beginning of March.

Let us remind that in case of introduction of the ban on the payment by minute "ArmenTel" telecommunication monopolist company may register a claim in the International Arbitrage against the Armenian Government.

In the words of Assembly Government Relations Director Bryan Ardouny, "the Assembly will work with its friends in Congress to ensure the appropriate level of aid for Armenia."

Vartan Oskanian will meet with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, Foreign Minister Ierakliy Mengharishvili and Georgian Parliamentarians.

In the words of ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian, selling warships to Turkey may break the stability and create tension in the Near East and the Caucasus.

Earlier Armenia studied the opportunity of the Iranian gas supplies to the internal market. But due to the high prices of the Iran blue fuel the Armenian side considers Iran as a transit territory to furnish the Republic with Turkmen gas, which is cheaper than the Iranian.

Recently there is a great interest towards private and public initiatives aimed at Karabakh conflict's settlement in Azerbaijan. Evidently, the leaders of Azerbaijani NGOs have perceived too literally the statements of the international mediators saying that a settlement for the Karabakh problem should be found in capital cities of the states, which are conflict sides. Without coming to an agreement with anyone, Baku's public figures have started to elaborate schemes of settlement and have put them for discussion of the society. Officials engaged in settlement of Karabakh problem are watching this strange process with bewilderment, but prefer not to intervene, while the initiatives become more and more active.