Armenian PM calls for deeper ties with Russia

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has called to deepen ties with Russia, he said speaking at the parliament on Wednesday, TASS reports. 

"Our cooperation with the Russian Federation in the security field is certainly at the most intensive and highest level. The issue on our agenda is to deepen the military and political alliance with the Russian Federation," he indicated.

Earlier, both the prime minister and other high-ranking Armenian officials had repeatedly reiterated Russia’s key role in the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.