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 Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |