We Treat Armenia as an Ally: Ovchuk

Russia treats Armenia as an ally. This was stated by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Ovchuk in an interview with TASS during the Eastern Economic Forum.

“Armenia is our ally. This is exactly how we treat Armenia,” he said in response to a question about whether relations with Yerevan have deteriorated in terms of integration structures.

Ovchuk also noted that discussions between Russia and Armenia could take place during the session of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) council on September 27.

It should be reminded that on September 8, the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Russia, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia expressed its firm stance and sent a note of protest to Armenia.

The statement mentioned that the Armenian leadership has recently taken several unfriendly steps against Russia. The first was the initiation of the ratification process of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the second was the visit of Armenian Prime Minister's wife Anna Hakobyan to Kyiv, along with the transfer of humanitarian aid to Kyiv, and the third was the conduct of military exercises in Armenia with the participation of the U.S.