President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion of the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays. The message states:

“Dear Nicole Vovayevich,

Accept heartfelt New Year and Christmas greetings.

Last year was a jubilee year for Russia and Armenia. We celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.

It is important that during your official visit, you managed to fix the strategic orientation of the bilateral alliance, outline the steps for the further development of partnership interaction in various directions, including EurAsEC, CSTO and CIS formats.

I look forward to continuing our dialogue and constructive joint work on topical issues of the bilateral and regional agenda.

I sincerely wish you good health, well-being and success, and peace and prosperity to the fraternal people of Armenia.”