A monument to outstanding navigator, naval commander and admiral of Armenian origin Mikhail Lazarev has been erected in the village of Lazarevskoe in the Krasnodar Territory of Russia.

In the words of party leadership member Gegham Manukian, "Dashnaktsutyun" leads intensive consultations on this issue with the partners of the government coalition these being the Republican Party of Armenia and "Orinats Yerkir" party.

The Political Council of the "Yeni Azerbaijan" ruling party officially nominated the acting leader of the Azeri state Heydar Aliyev for the post of the president of the country for the election to be held October 15.

In connection with the coming discussion in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of the issue on political prisoners in Azerbaijan, a group of governmentally oriented public organizations of the country appealed with a letter to the CE Secretary General Walter Schwimmer.

Last Saturday Azeri police broke up an unauthorized rally of the opposition the center of Baku.

Head of Azeri defense department press service Ramiz Melikov did not rule out the possibility of the Armenia's participation in the "Cooperative Best Effort-2004" exercise to be held in Azerbaijan.

Russian agricultural minister Alexey Gordeyev stated, adding that the settlement of this issue is being under the jurisdiction of the Russian government.

Head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Armen Rustamian who will participate in the regular sitting of the Assembly June 23 stated.

The removal of the equipment and ammunition from the Russian bases located in the Georgian territory to Armenia will exert negative influence on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Azeri foreign minister Vilayat Guliyev stated.

Head of the Armenian delegation in PACE Armen Rustamian explained it by the fact that the newly elected Armenian parliament would not manage to ratify the protocol by July.