Putin's ties are "friendly with Kocharyan, constructive with Pashinyan"November 28, 2019 - 16:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian ex-President Robert Kocharyan maintain friendly relations, while communication with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, is constructive, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, November 28, Sputnik Armenia reports. "I can tell you one thing: during his last visit [to Yerevan], Putin met with the wife of the second president. Putin and the second president maintain friendly relations," Peskov said in Bishkek. Putin and Pashinyan are taking part in a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the Kyrgyz capital. According to him, a lot of time has passed since the change of power in Armenia, and the "pause in the Armenian-Russian relations has been refilled". Moreover, Peskov said, Pashinyan often talks with the Russian President over the phone. “They have established constructive relations that are developing well, as should be the case with our two countries,” Putin’s spokesman said. Weighing in on the 2020 official visit of Pashinyan to Moscow, Peskov said there are currently no concrete time frames. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |