MOSCOW. – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent New Year and Christmas greetings to President Armen Sarkissian and Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia.

“The Russian President stressed that the two countries’ bilateral relations are based on centuries-old traditions of friendship and cultural and spiritual affinity and expressed confidence in the further strengthening of allied ties, constructive cooperation and partnership between Russia and Armenia as part of Eurasian integration processes, which fully meet the interests of the two states’ fraternal peoples and serve to enhance regional stability and security,” the Kremlin press service informed.