Armenian President: Armenian-Russian allied relations are distinguished by active dialogue at all levels
ArmInfo. Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan received the co- chairman of the interparliamentary commission for cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Nikolay Ryzhkov and the delegation headed by him. The Presidential press service told ArmInfo. The delegation arrived in Armenia to attend the 30th meeting of the inter-parliamentary commission.
The Armenian President expressed his confidence that the Yerevan meeting, following the example of the previous ones, will be held in a constructive atmosphere and during the meeting topical issues of the bilateral agenda will be discussed, aimed at further deepening and strengthening of the Armenian-Russian allied partnership.
Stressing that 2017 is a jubilee year for the Armenian-Russian relations: this year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, Sargsyan noted that during this time a lot of work is done. According to the president, the Armenian-Russian allied relations are distinguished today by active dialogue at all levels, broad coordination of foreign policy, active work at international and regional sites, close cooperation in the economy, military, military- technical and humanitarian spheres.
In the development of the Armenian-Russian relations, the President stressed the important role of parliamentary diplomacy and, in this context, highly appreciated the activities of the interparliamentary commission on cooperation between the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, wishing productive work to the participants of the 30th meeting of the Commission for the Friendship of the two Peoples and further strengthening of the Armenian-Russian relations.
The co-chairman of the interparliamentary commission stressed that it is necessary to consistently continue strengthening relations at the levels of legislative and executive bodies, leading to the high level of political relations that exists between the presidents of the two countries.
Ryzhkov briefly presented the activities of the commission, whose 20th anniversary is celebrated at the beginning of the next year. In the development of bilateral relations, he singled out the cooperation expanding between the regions of the two countries and noted that for its stimulation by parliamentarians the next meeting of the commission is planned to be held in one of the regions of the Russian Federation. The co-chairman of the interparliamentary commission assured that such an approach would become regular.