MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will arrive on his first official visit to Russia on Thursday, a spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
During the three-day visit, Nalbandian is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to discuss future cooperation in "maintaining security and stability in the South Caucasus" and the situation surrounding Nagorny Karabakh, Andrei Nesterenko said.
The ministers will also discuss joint approaches to improving coordination in foreign policy between Moscow and Yerevan in line with the CIS and the Collective Security Treaty Organization, as well as the UN, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
The Armenian foreign minister is also expected to meet with the head of the State Duma committee on CIS affairs, Alexei Ostrovsky, and CSTO General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha.
