Russian foreign minister about to embark on visits to Armenia, Georgia
ITAR-TASS news agency
2 Feb 05
MOSCOW
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “will be visiting Armenia in
the second half of February before his visit to Georgia”. Aleksandr
Yakovenko, the official representative of the Russian Foreign
Ministry, has reported this today.
In his words, “the visit will be taking place before the head of the
Russian Foreign Ministry’s visit to Georgia, which is planned for 18
February”.
Yakovenko reported earlier that the minister intends to make trips to
all the capitals of the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States].
Sergey Lavrov “is planning to visit all the commonwealth’s states soon
in order to discuss the process to reform the CIS”. Russia, noted
Yakovenko, “is heading this work in the commonwealth and is currently
gathering proposals from participating countries”.
Sergey Lavrov’s talks in Baku with the Azerbaijani leadership ended
today.