Itar-Tass, Russia
Feb 3 2005

Armenia FM cuts short visit to Tbilisi

YEREVAN, February 3 (Itar-Tass) – Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskaryan has cut short his trip to Georgia in connection with the
death of Prime Minister Zurab Zhvaniya, Oskaryan’s spokesman told
Itar-Tass by telephone.

The spokesman, Gamlet Gasparyan, said the minister is getting back
halfway to Tbilisi. The Armenian foreign minister was heading to
Tbilisi for talks with the Georgian leadership. On Friday, he was due
to take pat in the international forum South Caucasus in the 21st
Century: Challenges and Opportunities.