The research council of "Who is who in achievements" nomination has selected only a few persons out of several thousand figures.

The article published in the latest issue of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" Russian newspaper says it.

Aram Atanesian arrested on suspicion of complicity in attempting the life of the Turkmen president Niyazov did not get in touch with the Armenian embassy in Ashgabad.

Antanas Valionis noted that he was going to discuss with his Tanscaucasian counterparts the Lithuanian initiative on military cooperation between the South Caucasian countries on the basis of the Baltic countries' experience.

Azeris are also among the ten largest communities of the region - there are 2800 of them.

In Armenian minister of transport and communication Andranik Manukian's words, the question of tunnel building will be discussed at the sitting of the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on in Teheran the 9th of December.

Armenian minister of finance and economy Vardan Khachatrian stated that Armenia had met all WB conditions on privatization of its energy distribution networks obligatory for being given the trench.

"We suppose that the Minsk group works rather efficiently and at present it is the only format within which the continuation of the negotiation process is possible," - Armenian foreign minister Vardan Oskanian said.

February 19, 2003 Armenia will hold elections as a Council of Europe member for the first time and it binds us to many things, chief of the electoral headquarters of the acting president of the country Serge Sargsian told.

Vardan Oskanian did not rule out the possibility of holding meetings with his Azeri and Turkish counterparts in Porto.