Armenia has many times assured of its concern in the reconstruction of the Abkhazian sector of the Transcaucasian railway, Armenian president Robert Kocharian stated on completion of his formal visit to Georgia.

Khachik Keshishian, the resident of the village of Dagomys in the Sochi region of Russia together with the specialists of the Sochi helicopter squadron has worked out a project of a rotary-wing machine of an unusual construction and is making it in reality at present.

US Under Secretary for economic issues Alan Larson stated that the "opening of the Armenian-Turkish frontier will become a momentous step in the view of creating new markets in the Caucasus and Central Asia".

The summer session of the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe finished its works. The first working week was not very easy for the members of the Armenian delegation formed on the eve of the session. They were obliged to hear lot of uncomplimentary words concerning the Parliamentary elections held in May. Bernard Shraider making a report on the results of the elections proposed to take into account the violations of law taken place during the elections and not to recognize the powers of the Armenian delegation. The reporter applied to the Bureau of the Assembly suggesting to send an expert group to Armenia to study the post-election period in the country. It is supposed that the evaluations of the observers will be decisive while discussing the issue of recognizing the Armenian delegation to be done at the next session of PACE.