The choice is between Armen Rustamyan and Artsvik Minasyan, each of whom has a circle of supporters within a party.

Previous Western sanctions have targeted Iran's critical oil exports and access to international banking networks.

Bako Sahakyan met with a delegation of Armenian and international organizations specializing in information technologies.

Women's World Team Championship was reported earlier to be held in Turkey in December 2013.

2013 state budget expenditures are expected to be set at 1 trillion 151 billion, with 10% increase to be reported.

Carmakers had 1.1 million new EU registrations last month - with 9.4 million cars sold this year so far.

“We can give you factories and you give us a possibility to extract this oil,” Alexander Lukashenko told a press conference.

A source with knowledge of the agreement confirmed the banks participation on condition he was not identified.

Still, inflation continues to run higher than the European Central Bank's target of "close to, but below" 2 percent.