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Lavrov confirms Obama gets official invitation to visit Russia

"We will be able to coordinate the dates in the near future,” Russian Foreign Minister said

PHNOM PENH, November 20 (Itar-Tass) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has confirmed U.S. President Barack Obama is invited to visit Russia.

“Our leaders had not a few opportunities to meet on the sidelines of international meetings – the G8 summit in Great Britain and the G20 summit in St. Petersburg,” Lavrov said after the talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.

“But Hillary Clinton has confirmed that Obama remembers of his official invitation to arrive in Russia on an official visit and hopes that this visit will take place next year. We will be able to coordinate the dates in the near future,” he said.