The accusation was brought after the interview the Turkish writer rendered to Die Welt.

During the telephone conversation Vartan Oskanian and Gela Bezhuashvili agreed on meeting at the first opportunity.

The Armenian population is pessimistic about the improvement of their material and economic state.

"I am impressed by the service of the Armenian military in Iraq and hope that the bilateral cooperation will continue in future," Maj. Gen. Gerald Minetti stated.

The sitting of the working group for the implementation of the agreement on cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Armenia and Sverdlovsk Oblast was held today.

The right to express opinion and receive information is one of the fundamental principles of democracy, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe stated.

The official visit of Armenian president to Brussels has finished. During the visit Robert Kocharyan has had meetings with the Prime Minister, the chairman of parliament of Belgium and with the leadership of European and Transatlantic structures located in Brussels. Kocharyan met the President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barozzo, EU Foreign Policy and Security Commissioner Javier Solana and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Noteworthy was Robert Kocharyan's meeting with the chairperson of European Parliament Joseph Borel who came up with very important statements at the end of the meeting. The head of the European Parliament said that the negotiations on Turkey's EU membership will touch the issue of blocked Armenian borders with Turkey.