YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. President of Armenia Robert Kocharian received today the delegation of the Islamic republic of Iran, headed by the counselor to the Iranian Foreign Minister, head of department of the Foreign Ministry of Iran for CIS states Firdus Dolatabad.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. "Georgia is vitally interested in the soonest settlement of the Karabakh conflict, as a factor impeding regional integration", deputy head of the Service of International Relations of the State office of Georgia, Shalva Pichkhadze said, commenting at the request of Prime-News agency on the recent Parisian meeting of presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Heydar Aliyev and Robert Kocharian.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. The law-enforcement bodies of Nagorno Karabakh Republic assess the facts of explosions and arsons in NKR capital Stepanakert as an attempt to spread panic among the population and to destabilize the situation in the republic, reads the special statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security Committee of NKR in connection with the recent events in Stepanakert, Mediamax correspondent reports.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. Foreign minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanian took part on March 8 in the fourth ministerial meeting of Armenia-Greece-Iran trilateral cooperation, held in the Greek capital Athens, Mediamax was informed in the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Armenia.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. Prime Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Anushavan Danielian left today for Geneva on the invitation of the Union of entrepreneurs of Switzerland.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. The meeting of the Security Council of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was held March 7 under the chairmanship of President Arkady Ghukasian. The operative situation in the city of Stepanakert was discussed at the meeting.

YEREVAN, March 9. /Mediamax/. The Chairman of the State commission of Armenia for economic competition defense, Samvel Stepanian, left for Tbilisi on a one-day working visit, "Prime-News" reported.