On March 26, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the delegation of Russia-Armenia parliamentary friendship group and representatives of United Russia party’s Molodaya Gvardiya movement, who arrived in Armenia to attend Armenia vs. Russia football match.

At the meeting, the Armenian leader stressed the importance of parliamentary cooperation, also thanking Russian parliamentarians for promotion of friendship between the two nations.

As President Sargysyan specifically stressed, the Russian parliamentarians’ visit concurred with the match between the national teams of Armenia and Russia, which, as he noted, will turn into a celebration of Russia-Armenian friendship.

The members of Russian delegation presented Armenian leader with the football, autographed by Russian squad members, emphasizing that friendship will win, whatever the outcome of the game is, presidential press service reported.