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The daily Haykakan Zhamanak claims it has learnt that heads of the delegations of the opposition and authorities Levon Zurabyan and Davit Harutyunyan has exchanged contacts to solve the issues on the organization of further meetings. The paper says it asked Zurabyan where the next meeting will take place, he said "There is no arrangement over it yet". The daily says member of the oppositional delegation Vahagn Khachatryan though informed that the second meeting will take place this week.

The daily Hayots Ashkhar writes that the noise over the desperate situation of the Sanahin monastic complex gets new colors. The paper says according to the "We won't keep silence" youth initiative spread information that monument scientist Samvel Karapetyan addressed the issue of Sanahin to Karekin II expecting the assistance in the solution of the issue but the received response was surprising, according to Karapetyan the Catholicos said "he has nothing to do with the churches and monasteries in mountains". The paper says in response head of the Holy See press department reported that the monument scientist distorted the conversation with the Catholicos. The paper says the Holy See statement says that Catholicos keeps under limelight the issues of all the monasteries and churches but cannot simultaneously renovate all the churches.

The daily Aravot writes that Azerbaijan is concerned with the existence of the Russian armed forces and military base in the territory of Armenia. The daily says this was stated by deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Araz Azimov stated in an interview to Echo Moskvi radio station. The paper says according to him, Russia should better expand its economic presence in the region but not the military.

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