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Russian, Armenian leaders to meet on sidelines of EAEU session May 29 – upper house speaker
ST. PETERSBURG April 19
HIGHLIGHT: The Russian and Armenian leaders will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Supreme Council session on May 29, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Valentina Matviyenko said at a meeting with Armenian parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 19. /TASS/. The Russian and Armenian leaders will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Supreme Council session on May 29, Speaker of the Russian Federation Council (upper house of parliament) Valentina Matviyenko said at a meeting with Armenian parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday.
"Our countries’ leaders met seven times last year, they maintain permanent contacts," she said. "On May 29, they will have a meeting on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council [session], which will be held in Kazakhstan."
Matviyenko recalled that a similar event would be held in Yerevan on October 1, and the two leaders will have an opportunity to meet again.
Besides, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay a working visit to Armenia on April 30, she added.
According to the speaker, the parties are discussing the date and venue for a meeting of the Russian-Armenian Inter-Parliamentary Commission, and members of the Russian Federation Council Defense and Security Committee will visit Armenia in May. In general, the political cooperation between Moscow and Yerevan is constructive and dynamic, she concluded.