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The daily Azg writes that the Iranian embassy to Armenia disseminated a statement yesterday over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, saying that the NK conflict must be settled through dialogue, non-usage of force and respect of right of people to self-determination. "The Iranian embassy to Armenia once again points out that it came to the conviction that for the establishment of long lasting peace the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan must be solved through dialogue, non-usage of force and with respect of the people to self-determination. And as far as the Islamic Republic of Iran is the only country that has borders with the conflicting zone it expresses its concern over the creation of tension in the region and will not allow that this situation in the region become an occasion for entrance of foreign forces", the statement said. The paper says, latter, commenting on the statement of the Iranian embassy to Armenia, official representative of that country's Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast stated that the "the position of Iran over this issue has not changed. The issue must be solved through international right and dialogue. Tehran is ready to help the parties in this respect", the paper cited him as saying.
The daily Hayots Ashkhar writes that the head of the ARF Armenian Cause Bureau and Political Affairs Office Kiro Manoyan stated that the Minsk group puts formal equality between the parties which is unjust and harmful for the Armenian side as with it they tell Azerbaijan that the Armenian party is guilty too. "Such acting style of the co-chairs encourages Azerbaijan to continue its provocative actions in the line of contact", the paper cited him as saying.
The semi-weekly 168 Zham writes that information is being circulating in social networks as if Energy and Natural Resources Minister Armen Movsisyan has bought a mansion costing 3,2 million USD, besides, according to the same information, two years ago he acquired 80% of shares of Dnepropetrsovsk "Babushkinayi" iron processing plant. Speaking to the daily, the minister rejected the information. The paper says Movsisyan is really one of the owners of the Ukrainian plant but he possesses only 20%.