Armenian President's press secretary Vahe Gabriyelian told it.

Iraqi Vice-Premier Tariq Aziz stated that if Turkey contributed to US in that question, "it would not be a friend of Iraq any more."

The Russian presidential press service did not report the details of the discussion.

Chief of external affairs department of Azeri presidential administration Novruz Mamedov said that regarding the yesterday's statements made by a number of Azeri deputies speaking for refusal from mediation services provided by the OSCE Minsk group or any other international organizations in solving the Karabakh problem.

The press service of the Armenian ministry of internal affairs told it, thus denying the Russian mass media reports that Alexander Vetlugayev, Sergey Melchakovskiy and Gagik Bgdoyan suspected of the crime might be hiding in the territory of Ukraine or Armenia, and that the law-enforcement bodies of Russia had referred to their colleagues in these countries requesting to activate search for the suspects.

The Armenian side has expressed satisfaction with the agreements reached in the course of Armenian defense minister Serge Sargsian's meeting with Russian government head Mikhail Kasyanov in Moscow yesterday.

Today a delegation of the Armenian defense ministry headed by Serge Sargsian left for Athens to participate in international exhibition of arms and ammunition "Decendry."

The attempts to identify the struggle against international terrorism with the situation in Nagorno Karabakh can only complicate the state of affairs in the region and thus should be flatly denied, Russian security council secretary Vladimir Rushailo stated.

"Ararat" will be shown at New York and Los Angeles cinemas from November 15.

Yerevan jewelry works represent Armenia at international exhibition in Abu Dhabi.