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REPORTS SAYING THAT RESERVISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE ARMENIA DO NOT CORRESPOND TO REALITY

March 5, 2004 - 23:11 AMT  02:23 GMT
Armenian Central Directorate of the Civil Aviation (CDCA) refuted the reports that the reservists (men under the age of 45) are not allowed to leave Armenia from the republic airport of Zvartnots.

10 000 AZERI VOLUNTEERS READY TO JOIN REGULAR ARMY IN CASE OF WAR IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

March 5, 2004 - 22:13 AMT  02:23 GMT
The article titled "Black Spots on Azerbaijan's History: Khojalu Genocide" published in Baku Today online newspaper runs.

ARMENIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING CONDITIONS AND EFFICIENCY OF ARMY IS HIGHER THAN AZERBAIJAN'S

March 5, 2004 - 21:50 AMT  02:23 GMT
Arnenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian stated.

MOTION RECOGNIZING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN OTTOMAN TURKEY PASSED IN UK FIRST TIME

March 5, 2004 - 21:48 AMT  02:23 GMT
March 4 Gwynedd County Council (Wales,UK) passed a motion recognizing the truth of the Armenian Genocide, and also calling on Turkey to end her economic blockade of Armenia.

5 AZERI CITIZENS ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE IN FAVOR OF IRAN

March 5, 2004 - 18:45 AMT  02:23 GMT
Head of Azerbaijani frontier troops Elchin Guliyev stated that these citizens cooperated with the Iranian secret services.

ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER SAYS AZERBAIJAN'S RECENT STATEMENTS ON KARABAKH SETTLEMENT AROUSE ANXIETY

March 5, 2004 - 18:43 AMT  02:23 GMT
The resources of the countries rich in oil are as a rule regulated by a limited number of people and are mostly spent for the development of the military potential of the country, Andranik Margarian said.

MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI POSSESS INFORMATION ON ATTEMPTS TO UPSET BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

March 5, 2004 - 17:42 AMT  02:23 GMT
"By order from outside certain political forces within next two months will try to block the construction of the pipeline bringing forth ecological problems or will offer to change its route to make the project impossible for realization", M. Saakashvili said in Baku.

AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA TO HELP EACH OTHER TO RESTORE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

March 5, 2004 - 17:40 AMT  02:23 GMT
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev stated in Baku at the joint press conference with Georgia's leader Mikhail Saakashvili.

NEW ARMENIA'S AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA APPOINTED

March 5, 2004 - 17:38 AMT  02:23 GMT
Armenia's Ambassador to Ukraine Armen Khachatrian was appointed RA Ambassador to Moldova (residence in Kiev).

NATO TO DEVOTE MORE ATTENTION TO CAUCASUS

March 5, 2004 - 17:36 AMT  02:23 GMT
When seven more countries join NATO, the policy of Partnership will enter a new phase, which will provide for more individualized relations with the partners and more attention to the Caucasus and Central Asia, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer stated.
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