News - Yuri Ushakov: Russia-Armenia contacts will continue

Contacts between Russia and Armenia will continue; there is a lot to discuss, said Yuri Ushakov, the Russian presidential aide on foreign policy. "Recently there was a telephone conversation; they talked exactly on [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's birthday. There were some meaningful moments. Well, naturally, contacts will continue; there is a lot to discuss," Ushakov told reporters. As reported earlier, a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS countries will take place Friday in Kyrgyzstan. The presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will take part in it. Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan, however, will not be in attendance.