The council of national security of Turkey has evaluated the current activities of Kurds as intrigues of Kurd labor party that is considered as a terrorist organization in Anakra.

The course of the work on the realization of the project of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction in which Greek side is taking indirect part is planned to be discussed at the meeting.

Foreign minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan has left for Tbilisi today.

Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Washington Hafiz Pashayev addressed the Director General of the "ITAR-TASS" Russian information agency Vitaliy Ignatenko a protest concerning the content of the information spread lately about Heydar Aliyev's meeting with President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamian in New York.

Commenting the initiative of Washington Administration to curtail the amount of the American aid to Armenia in 2002, US Ambassador in Yerevan John Ordway stated in the interview to the Public Television Company of Armenia that the bill submitted by the White House provides for curtailing aid to nearly all newly independent states.

The signing of the program of Armenian-American bilateral military cooperation for 2002 is planned in the course of the visit to Washington of Armenian defense minister Serge Sarkisian.

The meeting of Armenian National Assembly chairman Armen Khachatrian and French Senate member Jan Noel, who is also the head of the General council of Buj du Ron district, took place in Yerevan today.

"Iran is ready to repulse any infringement on its independence and on the achievements of the Islamic revolution," - Iranian Foreign Minister Kemal Harrazi stated.

Before the festival beginning, match between Russian businessmen and Armenian businessmen will take place.

European court on economic cases has declined the lawsuit against "SPS Cigaronne" Armenian firm filed by "Reemstma" German-Swiss company, which produces "Davidoff" worldwide famous cigarettes.