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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in Armenia on a two-day visit to participate in a session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.

He was welcomed by Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin at Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport on Thursday.

The meeting will be held as part of Russia’s presidency in the EAEU in the resort town of Tsakhkadzor some 50km away from Armenia’s capital, Yerevan.

It will be the third meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in 2023. The previous ones took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in early February and in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi in June.

According to reports, heads of national governments from Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states plan to discuss further development of integration processes within the EAEU in the mid-term and long-term perspective. The event’s agenda also includes discussions on improving the union’s legislative basis, strengthening the existing formats of cooperation with other countries and building ties with potential partners, TASS said.

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council brings together the heads of governments from the EAEU member states, including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.