Newly appointed US co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Steven Mann, who is on his acknowledging visit in Yerevan, met today with Armenian President Robert Kocharian and foreign minister Vardan Oskanian.

In the words of the Armenian FM, the next meeting of the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers meeting is planned in mid May.

According to the statement spread by the Azerbaijani MFA, the Prague meeting of Elmar Mamedyarov and Vardan Oskanian offered the opportunity to seek for possible ways for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement,

May 22 the famous singer will be celebrating his 80-th birthday.

According to the data provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) the economic growth in Armenia will comprise 7,0% and not 6,0% as it was forecasted earlier.

Israel's political circles viewed the refusal of official Ankara to receive Israeli minister of industry and trade Ehud Olmert, who was going to pay an official visit to Turkey, as a serious crisis in the Turkish-Israeli relations.

The decoration ceremony took place yesterday evening in the Moscow Dramatic Theatre headed by Armen Dzhigarkhanian.

Today Steven Mann met with Armenian President Robert Kocharian and foreign minister Vardan Oskanian.

The participants of the constituent assembly of the Association of Russian-Armenian Business Cooperation issued the statement in view of the internal political situation in Armenia.