YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, on Saturday visited the Russian embassy, on the occasion of the Russian national holiday, Russia Day.

Sargsyan congratulated and extended good wishes to Russian Ambassador Ivan Volinkin and the embassy staff, and wished welfare and prosperity to the people of Russia.

The President also watched the special cultural program which the Russian embassy staff had prepared in this connection.

On the occasion of this Russian national holiday, Sargsyan also extended congratulatory messages to President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.

In his congratulatory message to the Russian president, Serzh Sargsyan recorded that the allied nature of Armenian-Russian cooperation is expressed in collaboration within bilateral as well as regional and international framework.

“I am convinced that, with joint efforts, we can contribute to the further development of the entire complex of relations, [and] implementation of the agreements reached between our countries,” the Armenian President’s message specifically reads.