RA President Serzh Sargsyan has left for Bursa, Turkey, at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.

RA Presidential Spokesman Samvel Farmanyan told NEWS.am that the Armenian leader will be accompanied by RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan, Deputy Foreign Ministers Arman Kirakosyan and Shavarsh Kocharyan, other high-ranking officials of the RA Foregn Office and RA Presidential Administration. The Armenian delegation is to arrive in Bursa at about 6:00 p.m. Yerevan time.

This is the fourth visit paid to Turkey by the Armenian leaders. Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan paid two visits to Turkey: in June 1992, he participated in the Summit of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), and in April 1993 he attended the funeral of President Halil Turgut Özal.

Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan attended the OSCE Summit in Istanbul in November 1999.