ARMENIA PRESIDENT SERZH SARKISYAN TO PAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO RF ON JUNE 23-25

ITAR-TASS
June 20 2008
Russia

MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) — Armenian President Serzh Sarkisyan will
pay an official visit to Russia on June 23-25 at the invitation of
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin press service reported
on Friday.

The Russian head of state invited his Armenian counterpart to pay an
official visit to the Russian Federation during a meeting in Strelnya
(suburbs of St. Petersburg) that was held on June 6. "I would like
to invite you to pay an official visit to the Russian Federation in
the next few months, when it will be suitable for you," Medvedev told
Sarkisyan. The Armenian president accepted the invitation.

As the Russian president said during a talk in Strelnya, this is his
second meeting with the Armenian president of late. According to him,
bilateral cooperation has been successfully developing and trade
turnover has been growing.