Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is expected to visit Russia in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
“There is no exact date yet,” he said, according to RIA Novosti.
On September 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Pashinyan in Bishkek on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, with Yerevan’s plans to join the European Union becoming a key topic of discussion. The Russian president said simultaneous membership in the EAEU and EU was impossible and again called for a referendum to settle the issue.
Following the meeting, he invited the Armenian prime minister to Moscow to discuss specific issues concerning cooperation between the two countries.
Speaking to reporters after his September 1 meeting with Nikol Pashinyan in Bishkek, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if Armenia believes it does not need the Russian military base, Russia is ready to withdraw it as soon as tomorrow. Pashinyan said the Russian military base stationed in Armenia was not discussed during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Bishkek. He noted that the presence of the 102nd Military Base on Armenian territory is not a vital necessity.
