RA National Assembly President Ararat Mirzoyan held a meeting with Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin. The Duma Speaker is in Armenia to participate in the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
Welcoming Voloding, Mirzoyan said that “this is a significant event because this is the first time that an outgoing plenary session of the CSTO parliamentary Assembly is taking place in Armenia.”
National Assembly President noted that the CSTO PA is one of the productive arenas for making consensus decisions and solving agenda items. Mirzoyan said that the Armenian delegation is actively and coherently working in the CSTO PA, is always carrying out important expert works.
Speaking about bilateral relations, the leader of the Parliament stressed that Armenia and Russia are strategic allies and are carrying out numerous economic projects. He also mentioned said Armenia highly values the development of parliamentary diplomacy.
Speaker Volodin thanked Mirzoyan for the warm reception and highlighted inter-parliamentary cooperation, as well as partnership in different international platforms. He stressed that the Russian-Armenian friendly relations have deep roots.
