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RUSSIAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN QATAR APRIL 21 - PAPER
DOHA, APRIL 13 (KUNA) -- A SPECIAL ENVOY OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN ARRIVES HERE ON APRIL 21 ON A TWO-DAY VISIT, A LOCAL DAILY SAID ON
THURSDAY.
THE AILY AL-WATAN NEWSPAPER SAID THAT THE RUSSIAN ENVOY WILL HAND OVER A
LETTER TO QATAR'S AMIR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI FROM PUTIN ON
BILATERAL TIES AND OTHER MATTER OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
THE PAPER QUOTED SOME SOURCES AS SAYING THAT THE RUSSIAN EMISSARY WILL
DISCUSS THE CHECHEN CRISIS WITH QATARI OFFICIALS.
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY HAD SUMMONED THE QATARI AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW
TO INFORM HIM OF ITS PROTEST AGAINST HIS COUNTRY'S HOSTING CHECHEN LEADER
ZELIMKHAN BANDARBAYEV. (END)
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