Putin sends birthday greetings to Pashinyan

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent birthday greetings to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who turned 51 on June 1.

“Please accept my sincere congratulations on the occasion of your birthday,” Putin said in a letter addressed to Pashinyan and published by the Kremlin. “Relations between our countries and peoples have traditionally been friendly, and we are interested in their further progressive development. I would like to wish you health, well-being, and success.”