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The Constitutional Court has received 19 complaints from 24 candidates challenging the official results of the 25 May parliamentary elections in single-mandate constituencies. Those candidates include former Interior Minister and Yerevan Mayor Suren Abrahamian. In addition, the opposition Artarutiun election bloc has appealed the results in the proportional voting.

By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Iranian ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Koleini praised today the friendly relations between his country and Armenia and reaffirmed his government\'s commitment to seek further close contacts with the neighboring country. The ambassador made today the opening remarks at a conference in the Armenian capital, dedicated to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran Khomeini. Speaking to reporters afterwards the ambassador said prospects for Armenian-Iranian cooperation would become more specified after the formation of a new Armenian government following the May 25 elections to parliament.

By empty (6/10/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

A US diplomat complained Tuesday about what he described as the growing monopoly of the Russian oil giant Gazprom in the Caspian Sea area, while defending American action to develop oil exports from the region. \"We welcome our energy cooperation with Russia,\" Steven Mann, whose State Department brief covers Caspian Sea energy resources, told an international energy conference here. \"We look forward to the development of the Iraqi oil sector, but what a constricted view of the world to believe that progress in one area must come at the expense of the other!\" he said.