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Article: Turkish prime minister, Russian foreign minister to visit Pakistan
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- June 13, 2003
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Dateline: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Turkey's prime minister and Russia's foreign minister will arrive
in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss separately with Pakistani officials
regional security and closer economic cooperation, an official said.
During Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's one-day visit, he will
hold talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and
President Pervez Musharraf, foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan
said.
Talks are likely to be dominated by recent peace overtures between
Pakistan and its hostile nuclear neighbor India, a close ally of Russia'
s. Relations between Russia and Pakistan have never been good _ Moscow
is one of New Delhi's ...