noyan tapan: PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN HOPES ARMENIA WILL NOT SUFFER MUCH FROM IRAQI WAR

YEREVAN, March 19 (Noyan Tapan). President Robert Kocharian expressed optimism that Armenia will not suffer much from the inevitable war in Iraq. Talking to reporters on March 19, he pointed out that though wars never leave the world economy intact, the Iraqi war will not have any strong impact on the Armenian economy, “as our economy is a small one.”