The NATO leadership has to draw corresponding conclusions from the Azeri authorities impeding participation of the Armenian delegation in the Baku conference on planning "Cooperative Best Effort-2004" NATO exercises, chief of the foreign relations department of the Armenian defense ministry Mikayel Melkonian said.

In the opinion of high rank Azeri military expert, within a month's term after the organizers of the measure produce the written reports on the Baku conference to the NATO headquarters, certain comments will follow.

Washington ProFile agency refined that according to the rating of the Index of Economy Freedom compiled due to the outcomes of researches carried out by Heritage Foundation organization, Armenia has been included in the list of the countries with "mostly free" economy.

Being in Paris on vizit the Armenian parliamentary delegation headed by Speaker Artur Baghdasarian met with President of the French Senate Christian Poncelet.