Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, who leads the opposition Armenia alliance, has been invited to the Russian capital for political consultations, Past.am reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

"According to our source close to the Russian Foreign Ministry, a principled decision has been made in Moscow to comprehensively strengthen Armenian-Russian relations, giving them a new impetus, apparently, to counter the growing Turkish-Azerbaijani influence in the region,” the media outlet said.

“In particular, the ruling United Russia party has sent an invitation to Armenia’s second President, leader of the Armenia alliance Robert Kocharyan to visit Moscow and hold political consultations,” it said.

According to the source, during his upcoming visit to Moscow, Kocharyan is expected to meet with the party leaders to discuss “possible developments in the region”.