Russia and Armenia to lift all Covid restrictions from May 16 - Deputy PM Overchuk

YEREVAN. May 12 (Interfax) - All coronavirus restrictions between Armenia and Russia will be lifted starting in mid-May, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said.

"The operational headquarters has made the decision, and from May 16 all coronavirus restrictions will be lifted and both road transport and air transport will become possible. All issues which dragged out contact between our countries are today being eliminated," Overchuk told Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Thursday, the Armenian government's press service said.

The meeting also focused on aspects of Russian-Armenian cooperation.