YEREVAN. – Armenia’s National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan and Russian Federation (RF) Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, who is in Armenia on a working visit, met on Monday.  

Their private talk was followed by the extended-format discussions of the delegation, the NSC press service informs. The parties examined the matters that are included in the cooperation plan which the Armenian and the RF security councils had signed.   

Subsequently, Baghdasaryan and Patrushev headed to Gyumri city. They toured the RF Armed Forces’ 102nd Military Base in the city, and met with the command units of the border troops and the military base. They discussed the avenues for the development of these infrastructures. Also, they laid a wreath to the memorial of the Russian soldiers that died during the Russo-Turkish War in 1855.  

From Gyumri, Arthur Baghdasaryan and Nikolai Patrushev headed to Byurakan Observatory, and they toured the observatory.