It resulted from a decision made by "AES-Telasi" Georgian company yesterday not to extend the contract with Armenia.

No weather conditions can influence the determination of the picketers protesting in the rain already the second day against the resolution of the central electoral commission of Armenia, which registered the victory of Robert Kocharian in the second round of the presidential elections, representative of the National Democratic Union of Armenia Gaspar Gabriyelian said.

Genocide and other crimes against humanity will not remain unpunished upon the establishment of the International Criminal Court, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Peter Schieder said today.

PACE Armenian delegation head, chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations Hovhannes Hovhannisian said.

Armenian president Robert Kocharian told journalists today after visiting the Yerevan pure iron works.

The 12-th sitting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly committee on commercial, economic, ecological and technology affairs opens in Baku today.

Surely the PACE and OSCE observation missions' negative evaluation of the second round of the presidential election of Armenia is based on certain facts, the volume of which does not provide ground for such sharp criticism though, Tigran Torosian said.

The investigation has shown 32-year-old John Harutyunian assassinated Tigran Naghdalian December 28, 2002.

Today the central electoral commission of Armenia announced the final returns of the second round of the presidential elections in Armenia held March 5.

The term of office of the incumbent National Assembly convocation expires May 30.