Azeri President Ilham Aliyev will pay an official visit to Moscow in February 2004.

Seyran Ohanian called populist the Baku militant threats and accusations that the territories being controlled by the Karabakh army allegedly serve as a drug zone transit and a burial ground for nuclear waste.

Arkady Ghukasian has sent a condolence telegram to Mohammad Khatami due to the disastrous earthquake that took place in the south-east of Iran yesterday.

Within the 9 months of the current year 19 criminal cases are suited on fact of sexual exploitation of women.

In the words of chief of the department of migration and refugees under the Armenian government Gagik Yeganian, since 2002 a zero migration balance has been observed in Armenia.

Former wold chess champion Garry Kasparov has been awarded another prize as the world best chess player of the year.

In his words, there are manifestations in the opposition actions that just run counter to the Criminal Code.

The law-enforcement bodies of Russia have revealed new facts confirming the close ties between the Chechen terrorists and Azerbaijan. The regional operative headquarters of anti-terrorist operations has spread recently information that in Baku there is a fund financing the activity of extremist groups operating in the Northern Caucasus. Immediately after, the Russian Ministry of Interior publicized a statement reading about the successful operation on reveal of the channels of financing. The Ministry of Interior of Russia assures that the trace of the sponsors reaches the capital city of Azerbaijan.