The Armenian-Russian inter-parliamentary commission held its 20th sitting in Yaroslavl, Russia. The commission is co-chaired by Nikolay Ryzhkov, Chairman of the Natural Monopolies Committee, Council of Federation, and Aram Safaryan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Social Affairs, Parliament of Armenia.

The press service of the Armenian foreign office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that the commission discussed a number of issues of bilateral humanitarian cooperation. The commission decided to expand bilateral humanitarian cooperation by popularizing the Russian language in Armenia and organizing joint cultural events.

The commission also approved the agenda of its 21st sitting to be held in Yerevan.