First Deputy to the US Secretary of State Richard Armitage congratulated Ilham Aliyev with the election to the post of the Azerbaijani president by a telephone call.

Armenian president presented his condolences to country's former leader on account of the death of his mother Azatuhi Ter-Petrosian.

Four Azeri opposition parties intend to hold a procession-meeting in Baku October 22.

Turkish parliament ex-speaker Sabit Osman Avci considers the soonest settlement of relations between Armenia and Turkey to be of the utmost importance.

In the course of the visit they are expected to produce new proposes on the conflict settlement to the parties.

French president confirmed Paris's readiness to continue efforts aimed at Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

In head of Ertoba political league Tamaz Gobedzishvili's opinion, "Turk-Meskhetians' claims to settle in the boundary with Turkey regions should give reason for speculation".

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's visit to the South Caucasus is expected October 21-23.

The new President of Azerbaijan is already known. The figures announced by the electoral commission testify the victory of Ilham Aliyev. This, of course, does not mean that Ilham Aliyev has gained the majority of votes. The most important is that seemingly both the Western world and Russia, and the regional countries are interested in maintaining the power in the hands of the governing clan. It should be added that in Yerevan and Stepanakert they are also interested in peaceful implementation of the neo-monarchic scenario in Azerbaijan.