Armenian president Robert Kocharian said in an interview to "Izvestia" newspaper.

Russian minister of industry, science and technology Ilya Klebanov emphasized that the atomic plant remained property of Armenia.

If the Turkish National Assembly did not approve a document confirming Turkey's participation in the presumptive military operations against Iraq by the week-end, it could suggest the idea on "Ankara's contribution to formation of a Kurdish state" to official Washington.

US ambassador to Armenia John Ordway noted a number of reasons in Yerevan today, proceeding from which the US pays rapt attention to the coming presidential elections in Armenia.

Former USSR president said when commenting information on filing a criminal suit against himself in connection with the events in Baku January 20, 1990.

Issues of Armenian-American relations and prospects of their development, regional cooperation, Karabakh settlement, as well as the situation around Iraq are discussed in the course of these meetings.

Such a measure was held in Stavropol for the first time.

The Armenian leadership, as well as the OSCE observation mission of the Armenian presidential elections have sharply criticized the incident.

In Armenian president Robert Kocharian's words, not only Armenia, but also the entire region will benefit from that.

The decree on that was signed by Armenian president Robert Kocharian yesterday.