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RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY STARTS GULF TOUR
MOSCOW, APRIL 19 (KUNA) -- RUSSIAN MINISTER OF PROPERTY FARIT GAZIZULLIN
WILL EMBARK ON A THREE-NATION GULF TOUR AS A PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR TALKS WITH
LEADERS IN THE REGION ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN.
A FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH WAS FAXED TO KUNA, SAID
GAZIZULLIN WOULD VISIT QATAR, KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN FOR TALKS WITH THEIR LEADERS
ON THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN CAUCASUS AND THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION
IN RUSSIA.
THE ENVOY WILL START HIS VISIT WITHIN THE COMING FEW DAYS. (END)
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