Today marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance between Russia and Armenia, which broadly defined the principles and priorities of our interstate relations. The document has become an essential milestone for raising the bilateral partnership to a whole alliance level.

The past period has convincingly shown that the further strengthening of historical ties between Moscow and Yerevan fully corresponds to the vital interests of our peoples, serves the socio-economic development goals of both countries, and strengthens stability in the South Caucasus. We are successfully moving forward with a broad spectrum of cooperation, filling it with specific content and increasing the efficiency of interaction.

Regular fiduciary contacts between the leadership of Russia and Armenia are of decisive importance for the development of bilateral potential, which allows not only solving urgent issues but also coordinating positions on critical regional and international issues. President of Russia V. V. Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia N. V. In Pashinyan's joint statement, adopted in 2022, During the official visit of the head of the Armenian government to Russia on April 19-20, 1997, was approved. The intention is to comprehensively deepen and expand interstate relations based on the principles stipulated in the agreement.

We are ready to help Yerevan in the future from the position of critically strengthening defense capabilities and border security and regulating relations with neighbors. We are sure that stability in the region is based on 2020. November 9, 2021, clearly following the tripartite agreements of January 11 and November 26. The Russian peacekeeping contingent remains a critical factor in ensuring security in Nagorno-Karabakh.

We sincerely value our friendship with brotherly Armenia and are committed to further strengthening Russian-Armenian alliance relations for the prosperity of our countries and peoples.