On January 13, Suren Papikyan, Armenia’s Minister of Defense received Lieutenant General Rustam Muradov, the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation, and Major General Andrey Volkov, the newly appointed Commander of the Russian Federation Peacekeeping Forces in Artsakh.
The Minister of Defense congratulated Major-General Andrey Volkov on assuming the new post and wished him success in his peacekeeping mission.
The parties praised the efforts of the Russian Federation to stabilize the military-political situation in the region, as well as the process and effectiveness of the peacekeeping mission in Artsakh.
The interlocutors also exchanged views on regional security issues.
