On September 22, 2009 RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received RF Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko. RA Premier congratulated the Ambassador on commencing diplomatic service in Armenia and expressed confidence his efforts will contribute to further deepening and continuous consolidation of Armenia-Russia relations, RA Governmental Information and PR Department informed NEWS.am.

Tigran Sargsyan also talked of the significance and tendencies’ momentum in Armenian-Russian economic partnership.

The issues of mutual interest were discussed, including strengthening of business ties, possible cooperation in certain economy fields, as well as the agenda of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission impending session.