Speakers of Russian FA State Duma, Armenian Parliament met in Yerevan

ArmInfo. The RA NA President Alen Simonyan received the delegation led by the Speaker of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin being in Armenia within the framework of the CSTO  Parliamentary Assembly Council meeting. 

As the press service of the RA NAreports, after the private talk they  joined the enlarged meeting. The sides congratulated each other on  the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations and  the 25th anniversary of signing the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation  and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian  Federation.

Both parties recorded the need of holding events designed at decent  level corresponding to the allied character of the Armenian-Russian  relations.

Ideas were exchanged over the Armenian-Russian interstate, allied  cooperation. The cooperation, the persistent improvement  legal-contractual wide base in the military- political and  military-technical fields, the successful partnership in the  trade-economic, inter-regional and humanitarian spheres were  especially highlighted.

During the talk the parliamentary bilateral format was observed as a  very important component of the strategic relations, which promotes  the jointly active and constructive work.

The RA NA President reminded his colleague that the Armenian side  designs to publish the collection of documents "Armenia-Russia  Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation 1992- 2021."

To Vyacheslav Volodin's conviction, the inter-parliamentary format is  the best platform for joint legislative regulation of a number of  spheres, including the fight against terrorism. The Speaker of the RF  FA State Duma expressed satisfaction that after the pandemic, there  an opportunity was given to say farewell to online contacts and meet  in the traditional way and discuss issues of mutual interest.

Both sides expressed satisfaction with the level of Armenian-Russian  cooperation in the CIS Inter-parliamentary, the CSTO and BSEC  Parliamentary Assemblies and other international platforms.

The already traditional practice of holding regular joint meetings of  the profile Standing Committees of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia and the State Duma of the Federal Assembly and  the Standing Committees of the Federal Council of the Russian  Federation was highlighted.

The colleagues discussed some details of today's meeting of the  Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, expressing hope that the  meeting of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly will have its  contribution and give a new impetus to the prospects of expanding  cooperation within the framework of the Parliamentary Assembly.

At the end of the meeting, Alen Simonyan noted that he is waiting for  Vyacheslav Volodin on an official visit to Armenia.