Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin and the military and air attache at the embassy V.A. Kosov, along with the commander of the joint group of troops (forces) of the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia and the armed forces of the Russian Federation T.J. Parvanyan visited Jermuk and Goris cities today, the press service of Russian Embassy in Armenia reported.

The head of the diplomatic mission met with representatives of the Armenian army command in the field, familiarized himself with the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the damages inflicted in the border regions as a result of the September 13-14 shelling.

Within the framework of the trip S. Kopirkin also visited separate battalion group of the 102nd Russian military base in Goris and separate aviation group of the Russian peace contingent in Sisian.