According to the project presented, incumbent president Robert Kocharian gathered 700 808 votes (49.48%), People party leader Stepan Demirchian - 399 757 votes (28,22%).

The group and the Azeri party will discuss the issue of organizing a meeting between the Armenian and Azeri state commissions for prisoners of war and the missing.

"Exactly the National Movement "justified" electoral technologies grant the opportunity to the opposition "elect" appear in the second round of the elections having 28%," - Yuri Manukian stated.

Representative of presidential contender Stepan Demirchian's headquarters Ashot Sargsian added referring to the headquarters estimates "the number declines intensively."

According to the ministry of justice of Armenia, people earlier convicted of hooliganism, robbery, illegal possession of arms and drugs form a large number among the arrested.

Upon Tom Feeney's joining the number of the Caucus members totaled 119.

First deputy foreign minister of Japan Tetsuro Yano said in the course of a press conference in Baku yesterday.

The parliamentarians of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are expected to discuss the political situation in the region, the ways of integration into European structures, the settlement of regional conflicts.

The presidents will participate in celebration of the city 300-th anniversary.

Head of the international election observation mission deployed by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Peter Eicher reported he had a meeting with presidential contender Stepan Demirchian and had expressed concern about the anti-constitutional calls at the meetings.