Russia sees Armenia as ally, bilateral trade growing - Russian Deputy PM Overchuk

ASTANA. July 3 (Interfax) - Russia presumes that Armenia remains its ally, despite its upcoming participation in a NATO summit, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.

"We presume that Armenia is our ally," Overchuk told journalists when asked to comment on the fact that Armenia has been invited to the upcoming NATO summit.

"We presume that we maintain very important economic relations. Our trade with Armenia amounts to $7.3 billion. If you look at the statistics, it doubled over January-April," Overchuk said.

As reported earlier, the United States invited Azerbaijan and Armenia to a meeting with partners during a NATO summit in Washington.