Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he will have to skip an informal meeting of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States near Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg after his COVID-19 test returned positive, Report informs via TASS.
His participation in the upcoming meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is unclear.
"On Monday, December 23, my COVID test returned positive. On December 23 and 24 I self-isolated and worked at my place of residence. Another test, made on December 25, was negative, so I resumed my normal official duties," Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook account (Facebook is banned in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which has been designated as extremist).
"However, having talked to my colleagues, I decided not to take part in the informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg due on Wednesday," he added. "I will make the decision on whether to attend the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting by the end of the day."