Armenia`s first president  meets with Russian ambassador

ArmInfo.  Issues related to the current state of Armenian- Russian relations and the need to establish long-term peace and stability in the South Caucasus region were discussed during the meeting between the first president of  Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and the Russian ambassador to the  country, Sergey Kopyrkin.

Accordng to Ter-Petrosyan's press secretary Arman Musinyan,  the  conversation lasted more than an hour.  He wrote on his Facebook page  that  the first president emphasized the following: Russia's presence  in the Transcaucasus is an urgent need and a reality confirmed by  history. "Russia, Iran, Georgia, France, Greece, and China and India  in the near future, are honest and reliable friends of Armenia,"  Ter-Petrosyan concluded.