On July 17-19, the RA NA President Ara Babloyan is leaving for the Russian Federation (Moscow) on an official visit, where meetings with the Chairman of the RF State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the RF Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko and His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will take place.

The delegation headed by RA National Assembly Speaker is comprised of MPs Armen Ashotyan, Vahram Baghdasaryan, Nikol Pashinyan, Armen Rustamyan, Vahe Enfiajyan, Artashes Geghamyan and Hermine Naghdalyan. The delegation members will also visit Moscow's Holy Transfiguration Mother Cathedral of Russian and New Nakhichevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and meet with representatives of the Armenian community.