General Ray Henault: Intense dialogue does not guarantee NATO membership, but allows us holding talks with any state.

A team of emergency response experts and hazardous materials specialists from the U.S. Department of Defense and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is in Yerevan to conduct a realistic two-day training scenario October 17-18.

Russia's actions regarding Georgia are not aimed against Armenia.

EU-Armenia relations entered a very serious stage for Armenia.

French Ambassador to Armenia Henry Cuny is completing his mission in Armenia.

However, at the given phase of the protracted confrontation between Georgia and Russia there are no significant and moreover catastrophic consequences for Armenia expected from economic and political pressure put by Moscow upon Tbilisi, Armenian analyst believes.

In addition to the Lebanese and Armenian flags, some carried the French flag with banners saying "Merci, France", and urged to withdraw Turkish peacekeepers from the country.

Sergey Sargsyan: Linking establishment of Turkish-Armenian relations with settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict at terms favorable to Azerbaijan beneficial to Erdogan's party.

October 16 a group of KLO activists and veterans of Karabakh war held an unsanctioned picket in front of the French Embassy in Baku.

"Impossibility for Azerbaijan to have an advantage in the air in the foreseeable future allow sustaining the current balance of power for a long period of time," Armenian analyst believes.