Putin to meet with Pashinyan in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks in Moscow on Thursday with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in the Russian capital to take part in the World Atomic Week forum, Russian state broadcaster VGTRK reported.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Putin would hold a series of bilateral meetings with foreign leaders at the Kremlin on Thursday.

“Bilateral talks are scheduled with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,” RIA Novosti quoted the Kremlin as saying.

Pashinyan arrived in Russia on a working visit earlier on Thursday. He was welcomed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport.