Putin, Pashinyan expected to meet "in the near future"October 4, 2021 - 19:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will have a personal meeting in the near future, Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said on Monday, October 4 during a meeting with President of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan. "Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Prime Minister [of Armenia] Nikol Vovaevich Pashinyan have already held three personal meetings this year, 14 telephone conversations. A new personal meeting is being arranged for the near future," Matvienko said, according to TASS. She noted the importance of such intensive contacts. "They set the tone for the entire range of Russian-Armenian relations, economic and humanitarian, and in the field of healthcare, education, culture, political issues," Matvienko said. Earlier on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed with Simonyan the post-conflict settlement in Karabakh and the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group. At the meeting, the Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly expressed gratitude to the Russian leadership for mediating efforts to resolve the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |