YEREVAN, March 11. /ARKA/. Armenia's Central Bank responded to a request of the Central Bank of Ukraine to suspend transactions with Russian Mir payment cards.

The day before, the Central Bank of Ukraine asked the Central Bank of Armenia and a number of other countries' regulators  to stop all transactions with Mir payment cards in their territories.

In response to a request from the Armenpress news agency to comment the request, the Central Bank of Armenia said  the public will be properly informed about any action taken in this regard.

“The National Bank of Ukraine has publicly stated that it has appealed to the banks of partner countries with a call to suspend operations with Russian Mir payment cards. The decisions of the Central Bank of Armenia have always been transparent, and in any case, the public will be properly informed about any action in that regard,” the Central Bank of Armenia said. -0-