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RUSSIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER STATED IT WAS NECESSARY TO RESTORE RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

March 25, 2002 - 23:08 AMT  06:46 GMT
"We consider that today such "small steps" as restoration of the railway communication would contribute to the negotiation process under the conditions when the parties are not ready to a comprehensive peace agreement yet," - deputy head of the Russian foreign department stated.

ARMENIA WTO ENTRY NEGOTIATIONS MAY FINISH THIS JULY

March 25, 2002 - 23:01 AMT  06:46 GMT
Armenia is the closest to the membership in WTO among CIS states negotiating on it.

CALIFORNIAN TRADE-ECONOMIC REPRESENTATION TO OPEN IN YEREVAN

March 25, 2002 - 23:00 AMT  06:46 GMT
Let us note that some one million citizens of Armenian origin reside at present in California.

ARMENIAN, AZERI, GEORGIAN AND RUSSIAN SPEAKERS TO MEET IN SAINT-PETERSBURG

March 25, 2002 - 22:58 AMT  06:46 GMT
Among other questions the Speakers of the four Parliaments will also discuss the situation in Georgian Pankisi gorge threatening the stability of all Caucasian states.

AZERI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER THREATENS HIS GEORGIAN COLLEAGUES

March 25, 2002 - 22:57 AMT  06:46 GMT
Azeri Parliament Speaker Murtuz Aleskerov stated he did not believe in the opportunity of discussing the question of the Armenian Genocide in the Georgian Parliament.

ARMENIANS RESIDING IN NORTH OF RUSSIA MAY SUFFER FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES' DISCRIMINATORY MIGRATION POLICY

March 25, 2002 - 22:57 AMT  06:46 GMT
In the near future the Legislative Assembly of Russian Krasnodar district is going to pass a regional law on migration, which will radically contradict the country Constitution.

COMMUNIST PARTY OF ARMENIA OVERCOMING CONSEQUENCES OF NEXT CESSATION

March 25, 2002 - 22:56 AMT  06:46 GMT
14 activists of the Communist party of Armenia are expelled from the party ruling body by the decision of the central committee plenum held the day before.

HEYDAR ALIYEV GOING TO RULE IN AZERBAIJAN ANOTHER FIVE YEARS

March 25, 2002 - 22:55 AMT  06:46 GMT
The son of the Azeri President, deputy chairman of «Eni Azerbaijan» ruling party Ilham Aliyev stated at the press conference in Moscow that the party had determined who would be the candidate for the post of the state head.

GROUND TO COUNT ON CE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY SIGNIFICANT

March 25, 2002 - 22:54 AMT  06:46 GMT
Over 100 deputies from 30 countries signed PACE Armenian delegation's statement on the Armenian Genocide.

REGULAR SURGE OF OPPOSITION MASS REPRESSION STARTED IN BAKU

March 25, 2002 - 22:54 AMT  06:46 GMT
85 people total were detained and arrested for participation in the meeting of United Opposition Movement held last Saturday in Baku.
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