Federal Minister for Financial Services the Hon. Chris Bowen MP was host to a pre-election meeting with the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) at his Ministerial Office to address Armenian-Australians issues.

Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Davtian insisted on Tuesday that Armenia is emerging from its worst economic recession with minimal losses, downplaying a sharp decline in its Gross Domestic Product registered this year.

In a weekend statement following Friday's meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group signaled that the time had come begin discussing Nagorno-Karabakh's direct participation in the negotiations process.

STEPANAKERT (ArmRadio)-International mediators working for a resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict canceled a scheduled visit to Stepanakert Tuesday along their latest tour of the region, The Karabakh President's press office reported.