MOSCOW, March 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov signed on Wednesday an agreement on
visa-free travel with Argentina.
The agreement, signed at a ceremony in Moscow attended by
the Argentine ambassador, will come into force after
ratification by the two countries' parliaments.
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana signed this
agreement last week at a ceremony in Buenos Aires.
Argentina has become the fifth state in Latin America to
scrap visa requirements for Russian citizens, following
Venezuela, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
The Colombian Foreign Ministry announced in early March it
was planning to unilaterally introduce a visa-free agreement
for Russia.
Last year some 6,000 Russians visited Argentina. About
3,000 Argentineans visit Russia annually.
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