Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has departed for Russia on a working visit, marking his first trip to the country since Armenia's parliamentary elections on June 7, TASS reports.

According to the Armenian government's press service, Pashinyan will take part in a plenary session titled "Industry 360: Manufacturing Without Borders," which will be held as part of the Innoprom 2026 international industrial exhibition in Yekaterinburg.

"A meeting between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin is also planned," the press service added.

Nikol Pashinyan has held the post of Prime Minister of Armenia since May 8, 2018.

From 2018 to 2026, he visited Russia 32 times so far.

The first and only official visit of the Armenian premier to Russia took place in April 2022. In total, Pashinyan has made eight visits to Russia for high-level bilateral negotiations. Four times, the Armenian prime minister participated in trilateral talks in Russia with the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement issue. Also during these visits, Pashinyan held separate meetings with Putin.

In addition, the Armenian premier visited Russia to participate in meetings within the framework of CIS, CSTO, and EAEU, major forums, as well as ceremonial events on the occasion of Victory Day. During these trips, too, the Armenian prime minister held bilateral meetings with the Russian president.

The geographical scope of Nikol Pashinyan’s trips to Russia so far includes not only Moscow and Saint Petersburg, but also Sochi, Primorsky Krai, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, and the Altai Republic.