AZERBAIJANI LEADER BEGINS VISIT TO RUSSIA

news.az
June 17 2010
Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Russia on a working
visit today.

The head of state was welcomed at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport by
senior Russian state and government officials, state-run news agency
AzerTAj reported.

Ilham Aliyev is expected to attend the 14th International Economic
Forum which will be held in St Petersburg from 17 to 19 June.

Since Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will also attend the forum,
the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders may meet together with Russian
President Dmitriy Medvedev, Russia’s chief negotiator on the Karabakh
conflict said earlier.

From: A. Papazian