RUSSIAN FM TO VISIT ARMENIA FEBRUARY 16

ArmenPress
Feb 10 2005

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign ministry press
office has confirmed today that Russian foreign minister Sergey
Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Armenia on February 16 to discuss
the details of Russia’s Putn’s visit to Yerevan later this year. The
ministry said Lavrov’s visit is “the continuation of an intensively
unfolding dialogue between the two countries in an effort to deepen
cooperation between Armenian and Russian foreign ministries, as well
as various-level bilateral ties.”

This will be Lavrov’s first official visit to Armenia where he and
top Armenian officials are expected to discuss a wide array of issues
on of strategic bilateral partnership and interaction between Armenia
and Russia within different international organizations.”

The ministry also said a special focus in the talks will be on the
current pace of Nagorno Karabagh conflict regulation, as well as on
building an atmosphere of mutual understanding in the South Caucasus.