YEREVAN. – Armenian deputy Speaker Edward Sharmazanov received on Thursday his counterpart from Bashkiria Rafail Zinurov and head of the Armenian-Russian cooperation Yuri Navoyan.

Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Bashkiria is in Armenia to participate in a book presentation. The first volume of Armenia: millennia ways, written by Zinurov, is expected to further stimulate development of cultural relations between Armenia and Bashkiria and make Armenian-Russian inter-regional cooperation more productive.

The sides also discussed the Armenian-Russian inter-regional cooperation, construction and activity of two parliaments, as well as the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] peace process.