Participation of Turkish military men in the Yerevan conference on prior planning of "Best effort-2003" military maneuvers within the NATO "Partnership for Peace" program framework let suppose that Turkey will participate in the maneuvers held in Armenian territory 2003 June. As "Arminfo" reports, Defense ministry foreign relations department head Mikael Melkonian has stated that. According to him, the format of Turkish part's participation in the maneuvers will be specified at the conference. Correspondingly, the absence of the Azeri delegation at the Yerevan conference means that Azerbaijan will not participate in the maneuvers, noted Mikael Melkonain.