YEREVAN. – Within the framework of its official visit to the Russian Federation (RF), an Armenian delegation, led by speaker Alen Simonyan of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly (RA NA), is having meetings with the representatives of all factions of the Russian State Duma.

The Armenian delegates met with the representatives of the RF Communist Party. Issues on the Armenian-Russian cooperation agenda were discussed, the NA informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

There was a meeting with the Faction of the New People Party (Novyye lyudi). Issues regarding the CSTO activities, the scope of the problems on the RF citizens’ residence status were discussed. Details were presented about the 44-day Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) war in the fall of 2020 and the recent hostilities of the Azerbaijani armed forces that invaded the RA territory.

During the meeting with the factions of the parties A Just Russia - For Truth (SRZP) and the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) the sides touched upon the security problems, and issues on the Armenian-Russian allied relations were discussed.

Within the framework of the visit, the delegation led by the RA NA speaker laid a wreath and flowers in the Alexander Garden to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.