Armenia has no time for long-term security solutions - Speaker

ArmInfo. On October 10, the delegation led by the RA NA President Alen Simonyan being on a three-day official visit, in Moscow was hosted by the Chairman of the  State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin. 

As the press service of the RA NA reports, the meeting in extended  format followed Simonyan-Volodin about one-hour private conversation.

Welcoming his Russian colleagues, Alen Simonyan thanked Vyacheslav  Volodin for the invitation, noting that the Armenian-Russian allied  cooperation is based on the historically formed friendship between  the peoples of our countries.

At the meeting both sides recorded that the guarantee of the  continuous development of bilateral ties is the political active  dialogue at all levels, particularly, between the heads of our  countries, which indicate the dynamics of cooperation in all spheres.  In the whole spectrum of bilateral relations, the key role of the  parliamentary cooperation was underlined, highlighting the activities  of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the  National Assembly of the Republic Armenia and the Federal Assembly of  the Russian Federation. In this context, the sides touched upon  topics on the upcoming programmes, documenting that they should  continue the work on systemized basis, having distinct indicated  vector of development with the principles of maintaining collegiality  and strategic partnership.

One of the key issues of the meeting with the Russian colleagues was  the armed aggression of Azerbaijan against the Republic of Armenia.

"Our visit to Moscow takes place in the difficult period for Armenia.  As it is already known, from September 13 Azerbaijan has begun a new  phase of aggression towards the sovereign territory of the Republic  of Armenia. The armed forces of Azerbaijan intensively shot in  different direction in the depth of the territory of Armenia not only  to the positions of the RA Armed Forces, but also to the civil  infrastructure facilities. It is a painful fact: we have 207 victims  and wounded," Alen Simonyan noted, naming the large-scale attack of  Azerbaijan against the internationally recognized sovereign territory  of the Republic of Armenia a dangerous tendency with aggressive goals  by the Azerbaijan on the CIS territory. In this context, referring to  the activity of the CSTO, Alen Simonyan noted that it could not  operatively and efficiently respond to the aggression against one of  its members. "Armenia has no time for long-term solution on  security," the RA NA President underscored.  At the same time Alen  Simonyan expressed hope that the proposals elaborated during the CSTO  work will have their contribution to the de-escalation of the  situation and the establishment of stability in our region. They  related to the issues on the Armenian Diaspora in the Russian  Federation and the multi thousands of citizens of the Russian  Federation, who came to reside in Armenia.