Anna Grigoryan, head of the Hayastan parliamentary faction, and faction secretary Artur Khachatryan met Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Sergei Kopyrkin and embassy counsellor Maria Korotina at the National Assembly.
During the meeting, the faction representatives stressed the need to strengthen ties between the parliaments of the two countries. They also voiced concern over the current state of Armenian-Russian relations and what they described as a trend toward deterioration.
According to the statement, the lawmakers said ordinary citizens, agricultural and farming enterprises, and businesses are bearing the impact of foreign trade restrictions between the two countries.
The sides also briefly touched on the arrests of opposition leaders.
The report notes that Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision, Rosselkhoznadzor, has imposed restrictions since May on goods imported from Armenia to Russia.
