Today Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanian met with Secretary General of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Mikhail Krotov, RA FMA press service reported. During the meeting M. Krotov informed Gegham Gharibjanian of the programs targeted at strengthening of the role of parliamentary relations between the CIS member-states. The parties also discussed Armenia's participation in the 9-th International Economic Conference scheduled for June 16 in Saint Petersburg, which will be held under the aegis of the Russian President. Gegham Gharibjanian noted that Armenia will continue involvement into the CIS processes and pointed out to the necessity of expanding humanitarian cooperation between the member-states. He expressed assurance that the signing of the memorandum on humanitarian cooperation within the 8-th informal summit held in Moscow on May 8 has created favorable conditions for the activation of the Russian-Armenian cooperation in this field. To note, permanent representative of the Armenian parliament in the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Felix Ghushchian was also present at the meeting.