YEREVAN. – Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Party members Armen Rustamyan, Aghvan Vardanyan, and Petros Meghryan on Thursday met with Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volinkin.

Vardanyan underscored the strategic partnership and exchange of views between the two countries.

Rustamyan presented the ARF political agenda and the party outlook on the main problems of Armenia. He also reflected on the Dashnaktsutyun view with respect to constitutional reforms.

Ambassador Volinkin, for his part, noted that Armenia and Russia are strategic partners, and Armenia’s recent accession to the—Russia-led—Eurasian Economic Union will bring about closer relations between the two countries.

During the talk, and at the ARF members’ request, they also discussed the current course of the investigation into the recent tragedy in Armenia’s Gyumri city, as Russian soldier Valery Permyakov stands accused in the brutal murder of the Avetisyan family in the city.