Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to Yerevan on October 20-21 on Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's invitation, the Kremlin press service reported on Thursday.
The Russian and Armenian presidents last met in Sochi on September 2. It was their fourth meeting this year. They also met in Moscow on March 24 and June 24, and in St.Petersburg on June 6.
During the talks in Sochi Medvedev proposed giving stronger attention to the problem of transportation corridors linking Russia and Armenia, Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko earlier informed the press. Medvedev remarked with regret during the talks that "Georgia's insane aggressive moves could not have failed to affect the smooth- running transportation services between Russia and Armenia, as well as Russia's trade and economic links with Armenia."
"This was because a large share of trade flows between Armenia and Russia run across Georgia," Prikhodko said. He also said that the formation of new transport routes between Armenia and Russia were discussed, as well as the development of infrastructure. Talks were held on cooperation in railway services.
Prikhodko said that, "Armenia has no questions to Russia regarding gas shipments." The problems of nuclear power engineering and the extraction of uranium were not discussed, Prikhodko said. The presidential aide also said that there was a detailed discussion of bilateral relations and of the issues to be entered on the agenda of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Heads of State Council.
Besides that, the problems of South Ossetia and Abkhazia were addressed, he said. "But the presidents did not touch upon the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Prikhodko said.
Source: Daily News Bulletin
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