Russian Federation Council chairman, head of the Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Sergey Mironov stated.

We are satisfied with the level of the political dialogue with Romania, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated in Bucharest.

A sharp debate developed between the Armenian and Azeri delegations in the course of the 22-nd expanded sitting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly held in Saint Petersburg November 15.

An Armenian-Romanian business forum opened today in Bucharest within the framework of the formal visit of the Armenian delegation headed by President Robert Kocharian to Romania.

A meeting of the Armenian Ambassadors accredited in the CIS member-countries was held in the Armenian Embassy in Moscow last Saturday.

The representatives of the regional administration, the leadership of the Russian bishopric of the Armenian Church took part in the measures.

Israeli foreign minister Silvan Shalom, who arrived in Turkey the other day, proposed to render Israeli special services' assistance to Ankara in the investigation of the incident.

Meanwhile, over a dozen of them are standing for the number of political unions able to garner the necessary percent of the votes.