YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS. The Russian authorities encourage Armenia's integration aspirations for the Eurasian and Customs Unions. The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia Ivan Volinkin stated this at the press conference held on June 3. The Ambassador highlighted this moment when he was asked about the position of the Russian authorities regarding the issue of Armenia's integration to those unions. As reports "Armenpress" Ivan Volinkin stated: "The Russian authorities would have welcomed Armenia's entrance to those structures."

Among other things the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia Ivan Volinkin touched upon the issue of meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan and the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and noted that he cannot say what was the memorandum about, the sides have reached agreement upon.

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan had a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. Tigran Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev discussed a wide range of issues regarding the Armenian-Russian allied relations.

In this respect the interlocutors touched upon the integration procedure in the Eurasian region and the possible formats of Armenia's participation in them. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia underscored that presently they must clarify technical issues regarding the future steps they must adopt to move forward. Also Tigran Sargsyan stressed that they had discussed the issue of signing bilateral memorandum with the Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Viktor Khristenko.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also laid a heavy emphasis on Armenia’s involvement in the integration procedures in the Eurasian region and emphasized that all they need is to find an appropriate format of cooperation.