Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will hold...

Uzbek President Islam Karimov arrived in Russia on a two-day official visit to Monday, and already had an informal meeting with Medvedev in Barvikha. The official program of the visit will begin on Tuesday.

"The signing of a range of bilateral documents intended to strengthen cooperation between the two states in various spheres is expected to take place during the talks," an Uzbek presidential spokesman has said.

Russia is one of Uzbekistan"s major trade partners and accounts for 20% of the country"s foreign trade. Bilateral trade stood at some $4.5 billion in 2009.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will pay a brief working visit to Russia on Tuesday on an invitation from the Russian president.

"The talks will touch upon a wide range of topical issues of Russian-Armenian partnership," a Kremlin source said.

Russia is Armenia"s main trade partner and, despite a decrease in bilateral trade which stood at $723.2 million in 2009, remains the country"s

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