ArmInfo. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had direct contact during a tour of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve.
Leaders of all CIS countries, who gathered in St. Petersburg for an informal summit, visited a palace near St. Petersburg on December 26. The meeting opened with a cultural program: in a few hours, the heads of state will see several palace complexes located in the surrounding area.
During a tour of Pavlovsk, a shot of Putin and Pashinyan can be seen standing a little further from the other leaders and having an 'intense' conversation.
As Spokesperson of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, previously noted, the President of the Russian Federation and the Prime Minister of Armenia do not have a full-format meeting planned on the sidelines of the EAEU and CIS summits, which are held in St. Petersburg on December 25-26, but there is "an excellent opportunity to communicate on the sidelines."