Sortition of the Euro-2008 selection tournament was held in the Swiss town of Montreux.

The resolution calls on President Bush to "accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide" in his April 24 annual statement.

During the reception in honor of the Armenian diplomat the officials noted Papyan's service for the development of political, economic and cultural relationships between Armenia and Canada.

The Armenian-Turkish relations do not exist as such, "there are lame attempts to normalize them," Kiro Manoian stated.

"We know that the further strengthening of the Armenian Armed Forces is an important guarantor for the security of Nagorno Karabakh," the RA Prime Minister stated.

"All the sittings of the OSCE Minsk Group will be controlled by us," Akif Nagi stated.

The elimination of the Armenian cemetery in Old Juga is nothing but barbarism, the Armenian parliamentarian said.

The OSCE monitoring was supposed to be held in the environs of the Azeri town of Ghazakh and the Armenian town of Ijevan.

The repair works entered the final stage, Kavkaztransgaz Director General Vasiliy Zinovyev said.