YEREVAN. – Armenian emergency situations minister Davit Tonyan received outgoing Russian ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin.

The minister thanked ambassador for the joint activities and hailed Armenian-Russian cooperation on emergency situations.

“Armenian-Russian Humanitarian Response Center has an important role in reducing natural disaster risks not only in Armenia, but the region,” Tonoyan said.

The sides discussed possible strengthening of cooperation on seismology, geophysics, hydrometeorology, climate change and joint exercises of the emergency ministry and servicemen of #102 Russian military base.