According to the results of the monitoring for studies of the human trafficking problem conducted by the International organization for migration (IOM), Azerbaijan is becoming a transit country for slave trade.

That was stated at the meeting of the chair of the Armenian parliament Armern Khachatrian with the German Bundestag deputy Irmgard Schwaetzer.

At the meeting with the chair of the Armenian parliamentary commission for foreign relations Ohanes Ohanesian, the issue of Armenia's membership in the EU as well as issues on economic development were discussed.

At the meeting with the deputy foreign minister of Italy Margerita Bonivery, Oskanian discussed the opportunities of expansion of Armenia-Italy relations and the cooperation within international structures.

In the nearest 2-4 years, «FDM» intends to invest $8 mln-$10 mln in the Ararat gold-mining company.

According to Armenian MFA Press secretary Dzyunik Agajian, such statements are the next attempt of the official Baku to distort the situation and to threaten the future of the negotiation process on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.

In order for the resolution to be valid first of all, it has to be recognized by the Lower Chamber of the Canadian parliament -the House of representatives- where the debates on this issue have been for many years.

The past winter was less severe for Azerbaijan than the previous one. The affect of the energy crisis on the economy and the social life of the country was not so serious as in previous 2 years. However, the electricity was being cutoff in the houses. Even in Baku the inhabitants of the sleeping districts didn’t have light for days. Local newspapers were writing about the possibility of an energy catastrophe. It was rather difficult to avoid a social outburst forecasted by the opposition. And all this has happened in a country, which is trying to convince the world that it has innumerable resources of hydrocarbon.