Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly (NA) Hermine Naghdalyan on Thursday met with the Chairman of the CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly  Valentina Matviyenko, who is also the speaker of the Russian Federation Council. The meeting took place in the framework of the fall session of the Assembly launched in St. Petersburg. 

Issues related to the further deepening and strengthening of inter-parliamentary ties were discussed at the meeting. The sides expressed satisfaction with the active and consistent work of the Armenian-Russian Inter-parliamentary Committee, praising the productive activity of the joint sessions of the ad hoc committees of the Armenian National Assembly and Russian Federal Council.

During the meeting, Hermine Naghdalyan thanked Valentina Matviyenko for her welcome message conveyed to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Women's Council and the active participation of the representatives of the Russian Federation Council.