‘MY YEREVAN VISIT HAS NO CONNECTION WITH ERDOGAN’S MOSCOW VISIT’: LAVROV
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14:33 ~U 14.01.10
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Yerevan
was previously planned, said Lavrov himself in a joint press conference
with RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian today, responding
to recent news in Azerbaijani and Turkish media which stated that
the Russian FM’s visit was connected to Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s concurrent visit to Moscow.
"I arranged for my Yerevan visit with my colleague one-and-a-half
month’s ago, while Turkey’s prime minister expressed a wish to visit
Moscow only a few days ago," said Lavrov.
Nalbandian similarly denied the connection between the two visits
(Lavrov in Yerevan, Erdogan in Moscow), adding that an agreement was
made for Lavrov’s visit in Athens in December 2009.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress