YEREVAN. – Armenia’s President, Serzh Sargsyan, on Tuesday received Sergei Ivanov, the Chief of Staff of the Russian Federation (RF) Presidential Administration, who had arrived in capital city Yerevan to attend the inauguration of the President of Armenia.

Sargsyan noted that he is pleased to welcome the high-level guest from Russia, the President’s Press Office informs. Subsequently, the interlocutors recorded the high level in Armenian-Russian political discourse, and stressed that strategic allied relations are developing between the two countries.    

On behalf of the RF delegation, Ivanov congratulated Serzh Sargsyan yet again for reassuming the office of the President of Armenia, wished him success in his next five-year term, and expressed confidence that the Armenian people’s choice will contribute to Armenia’s further strengthening, raising prosperity in the country and, also, to the development of Armenian-Russian ties.         

Armenia’s President and the Chief of Staff of the RF Presidential Administration also discussed interaction in several domains, and current programs.