Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, on Sunday traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia, on a working visit.

Deputy speaker of the Armenian parliament will attend the sessions of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) Joint Commission for the Harmonization of National Laws Related to Countering Security, Emerging Threats and Challenges, and of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security.

In addition, Sharmazanov is scheduled to meet with Secretary General-Head of the IPA CIS Council Secretariat Alexey Sergeev, and Deputy Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council and Executive Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly the Collective Security Treaty Organization (PA CSTO) Petr Riabukhin.