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KOCHARIAN AND PUTIN TO MEET JANUARY 24 TO DISCUSS
PRIORITIES

YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS: President Robert
Kocharian will travel to Russia next week for talks
with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,
Kocharian’s press office said today. It said the
meeting will be held on January 24 in Sochi, a resort
town on the Russian Black Sea coast.
President Kocharian flew to Moscow on Wednesday for
what his press office said was a ‘private’ visit. The
two leaders will discuss a wide scope of economic and
political issues, Kocharian’s press office said,
adding that the focus will be on energy, ways on
expanding Russian-Armenian trade and Russian
investments in Armenia.
It said they will also discuss regional issues and
international efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. The Sochi talks will take place a day after
the January 23 planned meeting in Moscow of the
foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan that will
be attended by French, Russian and U.S. mediators from
the OSCE Minsk Group.