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Russia ready to work on liberalizing visa regimes with Arab states - Lavrov

MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. Moscow is prepared to take further steps on liberalizing visa regimes with Arab countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. "We are interested in encouraging tourism. To this aim we are ready for further progress in liberalizing visa regimes with countries of the region," Lavrov said after a ministerial session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum. "This will help deepen and broaden humanitarian and educational exchanges," he said, adding that humanitarian and cultural ties will encourage creation of a framework that would make these contacts more convenient. Russia also backed a proposal of Arab partners to establish a center of Arab science and culture in Moscow, he said. Read more

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