Russia hopes to maintain good-neighborly relations and develop cooperation with Armenia, Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, told TASS.

“For us, Russia, it is important that good relations between the two countries are nevertheless maintained, cooperation develops, and interaction develops in all directions: economic, humanitarian, military, and military-technical spheres,” Naryshkin said.

“We expect that this will be exactly the case,” the SVR director added.