July 8, 2004 - 17:41 AMT
EXACT DATE OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VISIT TO YEREVAN BEING SPECIFIED
The concrete terms of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Armenia, scheduled this autumn, are not specified yet, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian stated in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta Russian newspaper. "An invitation by President Robert Kocharian, as well as Vladimir Putin's consent are available. We now start working with the Russian party, including with Russian President's Administration and the Foreign Ministry, to specify the date of the visit," the Minister said. According to his forecasts, the Presidents will discuss questions of the bank sphere, as well as energy, transport, construction. "In all those branches of the Armenian economy the Russian presence is rather notable," the Armenian Foreign Minister stated.