YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, on Friday visited the Embassy of the Russian Federation (RA) in Armenia.

Sargsyan congratulated Ambassador Ivan Volynkin and the embassy staff on the RF National Day – Russia Day.

On the occasion of this day, the Armenian president also sent congratulatory messages to RF President Vladimir Putin, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In his congratulatory message to Putin, Serzh Sargsyan underscored that this remarkable date is a part and parcel of the immense transformations in Russia’s political, sociocultural, and public life. According to Sargsyan, the relationship between the two countries’ peoples deeply rooted in ages-old traditions of friendship, brotherhood and mutual support are what now ensure progressive development in Armenian-Russian allied collaboration. The president expressed confidence that the joint efforts aimed at developing the entire range of bilateral relations, and the effective collaboration in regional integration unions, the CSTO, the EAEU and the CIS, as well as the enhanced international coordination fully correspond to the key interests of the two countries and their citizens. On the occasion of the holiday, President Serzh Sargsyan wished the Russian president good health, well-being, and further success in his statesmanship, concurrently wishing happiness and prosperity to all Russians.

In his congratulatory message to RF Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Serzh Sargsyan noted that the Russia Day is related to the multifarious systemic transformations in Russian statehood and to the further reinforcement of Russia’s role and place in the international arena. As per Sargsyan, Armenian-Russian strategic relations are developing consistently, thereby embracing new domains of mutually beneficial cooperation.