President Sargsyan has today received outgoing Russian Ambassador Nikolay Pavlov. Serzh Sargsyan expressed his gratitude to Russian diplomat for effective cooperation and stressed Russia's role as Armenia's brother state, strategic ally and principal economic partner.

President also touched upon the high-level political dialogue contributing further cooperation between two states.

Armenian President wished the diplomat further success, expressing hope that Armenia and Russia would continue maintaining friendly ties in future, RA President's press service reports.