Vladimir Putin was expected to visit Turkey in August, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the Moscow Orthodox Church in Ankara.

According to a Turkish news agency, the main item of the talks of US Gen. David Petraeus and Turkish officials in Ankara was the ousting of outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) camps from northern Iraq.

It was "the most free election anywhere in the world," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.

"It has been 50 years that we are waiting to join the European Union. And I shall never accept a privileged association," Turkish PM told.

In the framework of the visit, Vardan Hakobyan met with the first deputy governor of the Pskov region and city's administration.

Sergey Shakaryants: if Turkey tries to revive last year's Caucasian Five format, Russia will toughen position.

Khachatur Sukiasyan may yield himself to police.

The excavations are sponsored by the NKR government.

"Armenia regards itself as a part of and bearer of European civilization," speaker of the RA Parliament Hovik Abrahamyan said at the meeting with representatives of the Armenian community of France.

Richard Giragosian: Russia must accept Armenia's strategic importance.