"Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin has already returned to Yerevan," stated Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, Paralel.Az reports citing RIA Novosti.

He was earlier summoned to Moscow for consultations. The summoning of the Russian ambassador in Yerevan to Moscow for consultations was reported in the Russian Foreign Ministry in late May.

“Sergei Pavlovich has been for consultations, and, as far as I know, he is already in Yerevan,” Mikhail Galuzin said. The interlocutor emphasized that “summoning the ambassador for consultations is an absolutely standard procedure, which is quite often applied.”