Bulgarian President to visit Russia

On September 19-21, 2002, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov will visitRussia on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the pressservice of the Russian leader reported, negotiations between Putin andParvanov are planned to start in Sochi. After this, the events within theframework of the working visit will continue in Moscow. During the visit, athorough exchange of opinions on a wide range of urgent issues of bilateralrelations, international and regional problems of mutual interest is totake place. It is expected that while discussing the outlooks forcollaboration in the cultural and humanitarian field, the parties will planspecific activities for celebrating jubilees in the history of the twocountries connected with the 125th anniversary of the completion of theRussian-Turkish war and the liberation of Bulgaria..