Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Russian State Duma delegation headed by Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the Committee on for CIS, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots. The delegation visits Armenia to hold a joint sitting with the Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.
The President attached importance to Armenia’s relations with its strategic partner Russia and the consistent deepening of cooperation in all directions.
Serzh Sargsyan noted that the Armenian-Russian collaboration within integration frameworks comes to supplement and reinforce the bilateral relations, opening new perspectives for mutually beneficial cooperation.
The President voiced hope that the results of the joint sitting in Yerevan will contribute to the reinforcement of interstate ties.
The parties noted that despite the negative influence of international economic processes on the economies of EEU member states, there is still a huge potential for economic growth.
President Sargsyan underlined that Armenia is a supporter of integration processes and attaches importance to the active work towards furthering of those processes.
