TASS reports that a delegation led by Russian Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk has arrived in Armenia to attend to the IX Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum.

The forum, which opens tomorrow, will hold round tables to discuss issues of cooperation in the field of building up the logistics and investment potential of the regions, the development of digitalization, as well as humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Armenia.

"We have arrived here with such a representative delegation to emphasize our historical closeness with Armenia and the desire to develop and strengthen ties between our peoples and economies. This is the ninth forum and is taking place at a difficult time for our countries. The task is the practical solution of the economic problems facing Russia and Armenia,” Overchuk is quoted as saying after arriving in Yerevan.

He added that the parties are consistently working "at all levels - the regions of Russia and the provinces of Armenia, business and specialist communities, government agencies."