Pashinyan, Putin discuss agenda of bilateral relations

ArmInfo.Following the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council held in Yerevan, the meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin  took place.  As the press service of the RA Government reports, in  his speech, Prime Minister Pashinyan particularly said,

"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, I welcome you in the Republic of Armenia, in our capital. Today we  held a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, of course we  did not manage to reach a consensus on all issues, 15 out of 17  decisions were adopted.

I hope that in this format we will manage to discuss the agenda of  our bilateral relations, which is very full.  It should be emphasized  that our bilateral economic relations are developing at a high pace.  I noticed that exports from Armenia to the Russian Federation  increased by 80 percent this year. Of course, it is connected with  some changes in logistics chains, but it is a fact that creates new  opportunities for economic cooperation.

Of course, today we have already discussed and will still discuss  regional issues, regional security issues.  There are many issues, at  the meeting of the Collective Security Council I spoke about the  maintenance of the agreements reached by trilateral statements, which  we adopted with your assistance and mediation with the president of  Azerbaijan. These are very important issues, which of course we  should discuss, as well as discuss the agenda, which we hope will  bring long-lasting peace in our region." In turn, Vladimir Putin  said,

"Dear Nikol Vladimirovich, first of all, I would like to thank you for the invitation, and  congratulate you on the completion of the successful chairmanship of  the CSTO. Indeed, Armenia carried out that work at a very high level,  vigorously. Of course, it is rarely possible to reach agreement on  all issues, but overall, the work was very intensive and useful.

You also highlighted our bilateral relations, which are undoubtedly  considered allied, have deep ancient roots, often there is no need to  go into history, it is already clear to us what it is, what  significance it has for our bilateral relations.

As for today, if last year commodity turnover increased by 12  percent, in the 9 months of the current year it has already increased  by 67 percent. Yes, it's conditioned by today's particularities, but  it will undoubtedly be the foundation for the future as well. There  is no doubt here.

When we met, coming by car, we discussed issues of regional nature,  including issues related to regional settlement, we talked about  unblocking transport infrastructure. I am very happy that there is an  opportunity to hold a bilateral meeting within the framework of  today's events. Thank you for the invitation."