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We present results about the distribution and kinematics of the molecularenvironment of the AGN in NGC1068, over a 1.5'' x 3.5'' region around thecentral engine in NGC1068, derived from H2 line emission detected with ISAAC atVLT/ANTU on ESO/Paranal. The H2 emitting molecular gas is found to bedistributed along the East-West direction and with two main peak emission(knots) located at a distance of about 70 pc from the central engine. Theeastern H2 knot is more intense than the western one. The line profiles mappedacross the entire 1.5'' x 3.5'' region, at a spatial resolution of 0.3'' x0.45'', appear to be quite complex with either a blue or red wing. At firstorder, we find a velocity difference of 140 km/s between the two knots; ifinterpreted as quasi-keplerian velocity, this implies a central enclosed massof 10^8 solar masses.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, accepted A&A Lette

Kinematics of molecular gas in the nucleus of NGC 1068, from H$\boldmath\mathsf{_{2}}$ line emission observed with VLT