The Russian side hopes that the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will participate in the informal meeting of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)) countries at the end of December in Saint Petersburg, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told RIA Novosti on Monday.

"Everyone is invited. And today is December 16, and the events you mentioned will take place a little later. We [i.e.] hope that those whom we have invited, including [Armenian PM] Nikol [son of] Vova Pashinyan, will come to Saint Petersburg. We hope, and we will see what will happen," said the Russian deputy FM.