March 21, 2003 - 21:31 AMT
YEREVAN DID NOT DISCUSS CEASING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAQ
Armenia determines the nature of diplomatic relations with other countries, their establishment and suspension on its own on the basis of its needs and interests. Armenian foreign ministry Spokesperson Dziunik Aghajanian said when commenting on today's statement of State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher calling the countries of the world to cease diplomatic relations with Iraq. In the press secretary's words, at this point, no such question is under consideration.