Putin congratulates Pashinyan on Armenia’s Independence Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the republic's independence. Mr. Putin wished the Armenian Prime Minister “health and success.”.

“I wish you good health and success, and the friendly Armenian people well-being and prosperity,” reads the message of the Russian president quoted by the press service of the Armenian government.

The Kremlin has not yet announced a congratulatory telegram. Congratulations were also sent by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He expressed confidence that the development of cooperation in trade, economic, scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian spheres, based on mutual respect, fully meets the interests of Russia and Armenia.

In addition, the President of the State Council of China, the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, as well as the Prime Minister of Thailand and the US Secretary of State sent congratulations to Armenia. The President of Belarus in his congratulation said that Minsk and Yerevan are united not only by common pages of history, but also by sympathy between their citizens.