ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Russia from Switzerland, where he participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos.Today, the Prime Minister of Armenia will deliver a speech on the commencement of the Armenian presidency of the Eurasian Economic Union, at the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission in Moscow.
The chairmanship in this organization in 2019 passed to Armenia.Today in the afternoon, Pashinyan is also scheduled to meet with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. At the same time, Pashinyan will most likely not meet with President Vladimir Putin. As the press secretary of the head of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, said on January 23, the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is not yet listed in the work schedule of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on January 25.
"As far as I know, they are not planned (negotiations with the president of the Russian Federation). You know, they often communicate by telephone and they very often meet. Friday is a very busy day for the president, so I don't know if there will be any changes until such contacts were not coordinated, "Peskov told reporters. In the evening, the delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia will return to Yerevan. Note that the last time negotiations between them took place in Moscow at the end of last year. One of the main topics was the price of gas. Then Russia and Armenia could not reach an agreement, but then Pashinyan said that the dialogue with Putin continued by telephone, and that a solution was found as a result. After his visit to Moscow, Pashinyan will travel to Germany, where he will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.