The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has awarded the public figure, politician Yuri Navoyan with the Russian FM medal for his "cooperation.”

As Artsakhpress reports, the Russian FM deputy Grigory Karasin on behalf of Sergey Lavrov handed the award on March 24. After the awarding ceremony Grigory Karasin and Yuri Navoyan exchanged views on bilateral relations and cooperation in future projects.

Yuri Navoyan is the first Armenia citizen who receives a medal for cooperation from the Russian Foreign Ministry. It is noteworthy, that recently Yuri Navoyan also was awarded with the Medal of Honor from the  Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

These awards are a sign of cooperation in state and public diplomacy between Armenia Russia.