Interfax, Russia
Sept 14 2008

RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV SPEAKS BY TELEPHONE TO AZERI, ARMENIAN, KAZAKH PRESIDENTS

Moscow, 14 September: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev on Sunday [14
September] had telephone conversations with the presidents of
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Kazakhstan, Ilham Aliyev, Serzh Sargsyan and
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Interfax was told at the Kremlin press service.

"During the telephone conversation with the president of Azerbaijan,
Ilham Aliyev, the agenda of a Russian-Azerbaijani meeting at the
highest level, which is to be held in Moscow on 16 September, was
discussed," the press service said.

During Medvedev’s telephone conversation with the president of
Armenia, the process of implementing the agreements on the development
of cooperation reached at the two leaders’ recent meeting in Sochi was
discussed.

"During the telephone conversation between Dmitriy Medvedev and
Nursultan Nazarbayev, further development of Russian-Kazakh
cooperation was discussed," the Russian president’s press service
added.