Russian president expected to visit Armenia in spring

ITAR-TASS News Agency
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February 26, 2005 Saturday 8:15 AM Eastern Time

Russian president expected to visit Armenia in spring

By Tigran Liloyan

YEREVAN

Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said on Saturday that Russian
President Vladimir Putin was expected to pay an official visit to the
republic in spring.

The president told the Yerevan newspaper “Voice of Armenia” that the
forthcoming visit “is a good possibility for jointly assessing the
traversed path and fixing cooperation tasks for the future”.
Kocharyan emphasized that Armenian-Russian ties were getting a boost
in all directions of their cooperation.

He also emphasized prospects for cooperation within CIS in such
spheres as economy, security, fight against crime as well as
humanitarian sphere.