YEREVAN. – Russia and Armenia need to reinforce the platform of inter-parliamentary diplomacy, Armenian Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said at a joint briefing with his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday.

Speakers of the two states discussed cooperation in economic, cultural, scientific and educational fields. At the same time, inter-parliamentary cooperation development, including within international agencies, was especially emphasized. The necessity of forming a joint position on issues of mutual importance was stressed.

 The sides registered effective interaction within the frameworks of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA). Abrahamyan also said that Yerevan will host the meeting of the OSCE PA General Committee on Political Affairs and Security in September.

“Taking into account reinforced relations between the parliaments of Armenia and Russia, we also discussed the possibility of establishing an institute of representatives in both parliaments,” Abrahamyan added.