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February 2, 2005 Wednesday

Russian FM to visit Armenia in second half of February

By Ksenia Kaminskaya

MOSCOW

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “will pay a visit to Armenia
in the second half of February prior to his trip to Georgia,” Russian
Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said on Wednesday.

According to the official, “the visit will be paid by the Russian
foreign minister before his visit to Georgia that is scheduled for
February 18.”

Earlier, Yakovenko said that the minister planned to tour all the CIS
capitals. Sergei Lavrov “plans to visit all the countries of the
Commonwealth to discuss the CIS reforms.” Russia “is heading this
work in the Commonwealth and is now collecting proposals from the
member-states.”

On Wednesday, Lavrov rounded off his talks with the leaders of
Azerbaijan in Baku.