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PUTIN TO VISIT ARMENIA NEXT WEEK, LOCAL PAPER SAYS
News | 10.10.13 | 12:00
Photo: www,kremlin.ru
According to a preliminary agreement, Russian President Vladimir
Putin will arrive in Armenia on October 16, writes the Yerevan-based
Zhoghovurd daily, citing its sources.
The paper says that on October 15 Putin plans to visit Tuapse in
Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where he will attend the opening ceremony
of an oil refinery, after which he will leave for Armenia.
Zhoghovurd adds, however, that the information has not been finally
confirmed.
No official source either in Moscow or in Yerevan has reported about
Putin's plans to visit Armenia yet.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has several times invited his Russian
counterpart to pay a visit to Yerevan since the latter returned to
the Kremlin as president in 2012. Several times such visits were
announced in the past, but eventually did not take place.
In August Putin paid a visit to neighboring Azerbaijan shortly after
an arms deal between Moscow and Baku worth approximately $1 billion
was disclosed. Some experts said it indicated a period of "cooling"
in the relations between Russia and its South Caucasus ally Armenia
apparently brought on by Yerevan's plans to initial an Association
Agreement with the European Union.
Many say the situation is different now that the political leadership
in Yerevan has announced its decision to join the Customs Union
of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and further participate in the
formation of the Eurasian Economic Union that admittedly comes at
the expense of deeper European integration.
http://armenianow.com/news/49104/armenia_vladimir_putin_visit_october16
News | 10.10.13 | 12:00
Photo: www,kremlin.ru
According to a preliminary agreement, Russian President Vladimir
Putin will arrive in Armenia on October 16, writes the Yerevan-based
Zhoghovurd daily, citing its sources.
The paper says that on October 15 Putin plans to visit Tuapse in
Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where he will attend the opening ceremony
of an oil refinery, after which he will leave for Armenia.
Zhoghovurd adds, however, that the information has not been finally
confirmed.
No official source either in Moscow or in Yerevan has reported about
Putin's plans to visit Armenia yet.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has several times invited his Russian
counterpart to pay a visit to Yerevan since the latter returned to
the Kremlin as president in 2012. Several times such visits were
announced in the past, but eventually did not take place.
In August Putin paid a visit to neighboring Azerbaijan shortly after
an arms deal between Moscow and Baku worth approximately $1 billion
was disclosed. Some experts said it indicated a period of "cooling"
in the relations between Russia and its South Caucasus ally Armenia
apparently brought on by Yerevan's plans to initial an Association
Agreement with the European Union.
Many say the situation is different now that the political leadership
in Yerevan has announced its decision to join the Customs Union
of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and further participate in the
formation of the Eurasian Economic Union that admittedly comes at
the expense of deeper European integration.
http://armenianow.com/news/49104/armenia_vladimir_putin_visit_october16