On the initiative of the Russian side, a meeting of the chairman of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and third President Serzh Sargsyan with Russian ambassador Sergey Kopirkin took place on Wednesday; RPA vice-chairman Armen Ashotyan on Thursday wrote about this on Facebook.

"A wide range of issues related to the aftermath of the [recent] Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)] war were discussed during the meeting.

In the context of the discussion of the current situation, the importance of making effective efforts for the return of prisoners of war and other detainees in Azerbaijan to Armenia, the search for the bodies of fallen servicemen was stressed.

At the request of the Ambassador, President Sargsyan touched upon the domestic political situation [in Armenia], as well as issues related to the new regional geopolitical realities.

Ambassador Kopirkin, in his turn, presented Russia's position and the efforts made by it within the framework of the topics discussed," Ashotyan added in particular..