Due the outcomes of the visit, Gareth Tomas is expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Kingdom and Armenia on British Technical Assistance.

The new strategy reflects the USAID's transition from immediate humanitarian aid to long-term assistance aimed at the further development.

At the same time the RA MFA spokesman expressed doubt that Stepanakert would agree on it.

NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian stated in Stepanakert at the meeting with the delegation of non-governmental organizations of Great Britain and the US headed by the director of the London Information Network on Conflict and State-Building Stephen Nash.

446 of them are the constructions for public use, the rest 99 are manufacturing entities.

The agreement will contribute to the reformations in the defense and military-training spheres as well as to the development of Partnership for Peace program.

By January 2004 the external debt of Azerbaijan has comprised $1,6 billion.

VTB chairman of board deputy Vladimir Dmitriyev said.

The rise in tariffs for transportation of mineral oil by the Georgian railway expected March 5 will not be applied to Armenia.