Armenian Parliament Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov received the Secretary-General of the CSTO PA Petr Riabukhin, National Assembly's press service reported.
The sides discussed the strengthening of cooperation between the parliaments of the CSTO member states, and appealed to the activities of the Armenian delegation in the structure.
The two also discussed the upcoming CSTO PA Council to be held in Yerevan on October 29-30, and the ninth plenary meeting of the Assembly.
Highlighting the importance of CSTO in Armenian security, Sharmazanov noted: “The CSTO is of key importance in ensuring the security of our country and in this respect membership in the CSTO has no alternative."
Hayk Chilingaryan, Permanent Representative of the Armenian National Assembly in the CIS IPA was also present.