RUSSIAN PRESIDENT TO TELL ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ABOUT RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN
RELATIONS

Yerevan, January 24. ArmInfo. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan
arrived in Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin,
Wednesday.

The meeting of the Russian and Armenian leaders will be held in the
residence. Yesterday, V.Putin held negotiations with Chancellor of
Germany Angela Merkel in Sochi. According to V.Putin’s entourage, the
negotiations with R.Kocharyan will proceed in a friendly atmosphere,
as in 2007 no conflict issues are planned for discussion. In 2006,
in Sochi, the Russian President informed R.Kocharyan about increasing
the price for the Russian gas – from $56 to $110 per 1 thsd cubic
meters. The development of investment cooperation, the work of
the CIS, the settlement of the territorial dispute with Azerbaijan
on Nagorno-Karabakh are to be discussed in 2007. Besides, Sergey
Prikhodko, Assistant to the Russian President, told RIA Novosti that
V.Putin is ready to tell the Armenian President about the development
of the Russian- Georgian relations. R.Kocharyan is interested in
Russia’s relations with Georgia as the latter is Armenia’s neighbor,
S.Prikhodko said.