Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia (NA), Ruben Rubinyan, on Monday received Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin, the NA press service informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The further deepening and expansion of interparliamentary cooperation between Armenia and Russia were discussed.

Rubinyan underscored that the NA of Armenia intends to continue the constructive dialogue and develop long-term, mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia.

The parties attached importance to the activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the NA of Armenia and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and lauded the joint work.

Also, the interlocutors expressed confidence that the development of bilateral cooperation will contribute to joint efforts aimed at the effective resolution of a wide range of matters of mutual interest.