At the meetings with the country leadership, particularly with the chair of the Iraqi parliament Sadun Hamadi, vice Premier Tarik Aziz and members of the government the exchange of views on the ways of the development of the bilateral relations took place.

According to him, "along with close relations with Russia, Armenia has to use all the opportunities to guarantee its security".

According to the minister, this is, first of all, because of the expenses that the republic cannot afford at present.

During his two-day visit, the Irani diplomat and the Armenian leadership representatives will discuss the issues of bilateral relations, the situation in the region, several international issues.

As the coordinator of program of neutralization of mines in Nagorno-Karabakh Shane Pritchard has noted 37 thousand of mines in the territory of the republic were rendered harmless with the active assistance of the NKR defense ministry and local population.

According to Hovanesian, economic cooperation is precondition for the regional conflict settlement, whereas "Azerbaijan creates demarcation lines and puts off the possible settlement of the Karabakh issue".

«I admire Armenian people who today continue to create masterpieces of architecture», the Russian deputy stated.

They include 150 million documents: military reports as well as political and economic correspondence, oldest one from which dates back to 1300.

The Karabakh issue will not be the key topic of the forthcoming meeting of Armenia foreign minister Vardan Oskanian and Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem, Dzyunik Agajanian, the RA MFA press secretary has stated.

The agreement on the return visit of Yuri Lujkov to Yerevan possibly in October was reached.