Azerbaijani Organization for Karabakh Liberation stated the intention not to allow Armenian soldiers to step upon the Azeri land.

Armenian Assembly of America called Congressmen Christopher Cox and Loretta Sanchez to raise the issue of opening the Turkish-Armenian border during their upcoming visit to Ankara.

By the decree of acting Georgian President Nino Burdzhanadze, Artur Yeremian has been appointed the new administration chairman of Georgia's Akhalkalaki region for most part inhabited by Armenians.

Yuri Mkrtumian, an Armenian residing in Tbilisi did not submit to the CEC 50 000 signatures essential for the official registration for the participation in the election.

The meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents in Geneva initiated a new stage of the negotiations, co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russian MFA Ambassador for special commissions Yuri Merzlyakov stated.

The visit of the Minsk group co-chairmen gave a basis to think that there are certain disagreements in the approaches of the countries involved in the peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict. Being in Baku, one of the mediators made statements that were contradicting to the words of the other peace maker. Though these contradictions concern the tactical issues, it's evident that the absence of a unity among the co-chairmen may have a negative affect on the negotiation process.