ArmInfo.Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received delegation of the Russian State Duma headed by the Chair of the Russian Federal Assembly's State Duma Committee on the CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov, the press-service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry informs.
Nalbandian emphasized the importance of strengthening of ally cooperation between Armenia and Russia in various fields and in this context mentioned the value of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
In their turn MPs of the State Duma noted that their visit is symbolic as this is the first international visit of the committee after the parliamentary elections in Russia.
The sides stated that mutually beneficial cooperation has been established between legislative bodies of the two countries.
Kalashnikov presented the activities of the State Duma Committee on the CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Links with Compatriots, the initiatives on development of cooperation with Armenia and the results of the joint Yerevan session. The sides touched upon cooperation within CIS, EEU, CSTO. Nalbandian presented to the guests the efforts on overcoming the consequences of the April aggression by Azerbaijan against Artsakh.