YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. Summing up the visit of the Armenian delegation to Iraq, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vardan Oskanian said that perspectives of development of bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries were discussed in Baghdad.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. Today the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Vardan Oskanian named "untimely" the talks over new proposals for Karabakh conflict settlement.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. Vice-speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Tigran Torosian thinks new approaches to the Karabakh conflict resolution will greatly differ from the previous proposal of the OSCE Minsk Group, made in 1998.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. On Feb. 26 the Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian forwarded to Iraqi President Sadam Hussein the message of the Armenian President Robert Kocharian, which stated about consolidation of friendly cooperation between the two states.

27.02.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The U.S. President George Bush forwarded a message to Azeri President Heydar Aliyev, in which he named the regular meetings of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan "advancement to a mutually acceptable solution of the Karabakh conflict".

27.02.2001, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. Ministerial Council of the European Union speaks for increasing the role of EU in the Southern Caucasian region.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. Armenian president Robert Kocharian signed the decree of appointing Ambassador of Armenia to Egypt, Sergey Manaserian, the Ambassador of Armenia to Ethiopia pluralistically (residence in Cairo).

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. President of Armenia Robert Kocharian signed the decree of appointing Vahram Abadjian the Ambassador of Armenia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mediamax was informed in the press office of the president.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Arkady Ghukasian left today on a working visit to Yerevan.

YEREVAN, February 27. /Mediamax/. Deputy spokesman of the U.S. Department of State Philip Reeker said in Washington that "the U.S. is encouraged by Armenian and Azeri Presidents' decision to intensify their dialogue".