US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried and US Special Delegate for Nagorno Karabakh Steven Mann paid a short-term visit to Armenia.

The shift is different from others, as the Armenian battalion will include skilled servicemen, who have already been to Kosovo once.

R. Kocharian and K. Titov discussed matters of mutually favorable cooperation in diverse fields.

"In case good work is done, the constituency attendance will be rather high. However, speaking of the outcomes is premature yet," stated the Armenian MOD head.

«If opposition wins the election in Azerbaijan, we will have to start the talks over the Karabakh issue from the beginning,» S. Sargsyan stated.

NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan has addressed a message to Nagorno Karabakh society over the population census.

Armenian MOD head considers progress in launching traffic via Kars-Gyumri route possible in case Abkhaz part of the Transcaucasian railway resumes work.

The OSCE MG Co-Chairs do not plan visiting the region in October.

«Benelux» Coordination Council of Azeri Organizations has released a statement protesting against R. Kocharian's visit to Belgium October 19.

Within the framework of the visit Yuri Baluyevsky is scheduled to meet with Armenian Premier, head of the MOD, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Russian Ambassador to Armenia.