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OSKANIAN TO VISIT USA, RUSSIA AND SYRIA

YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS: Armenian foreign
ministry said minister Vartan Oskanian will pay a
working visit to the USA on March 26-31.
The ministry said on March 27 Oskanian and US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will attend the
signing OF the $235 million Millennium Challenge
Compact, recently awarded by the U.S. government to
Armenia. On the same day Oskanian is expected to meet
with Steven Mann, the US cochairman in the OSCE Minsk
group. On March 27, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vartan
Oskanian will address Armenian-American activists
gathering in Washington.
On March 29 he will leave Washington for New York
where on March 30 he will meet with UNDP coordinator
Kemal Dervis and the UN General Assembly chairman Jan
Eliason. Oskanian is also scheduled to meet with Kofee
Anan. On April 6-7 Oskanian will be in Moscow to meet
his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and Russian
security council secretary Igor Ivanov.
On April 7-9 Oskanian will be in Syria where he
will meet with Syrian president Bashar Asad and
foreign minister Valid Mualim. On April 9 Oskanian
will attend a ceremony in Syrian Aleppo dedicated to
the centenary of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
and the 75-th anniversary of foundation of the
Armenian Youth Union.