We Will Never Act Against Russia: Pashinyan on Armenian-Russian Relations

Damaging Russia's interests has never been, is not, and will not be on our agenda, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated during a public television broadcast.

“This is out of the question. No one will be able to pull us into a logic of acting against Russia, even if they try (so far, there have been no attempts). We tell our Russian partners: you know, we will not fight with you, we will not argue with you, we are not entering a war of words with you, because we value the relationships we have,” Pashinyan emphasized.

The Prime Minister highlighted that he has very direct and warm relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the Russian government, Mikhail Mishustin. “We say that we will never act against Russia, but we will always act in accordance with the interests of the Republic of Armenia. And this will be our strategy. It became clear after August 8 that there were some questions among our Russian partners, and I gladly answered those questions; we are always open for conversation.

In Washington, we signed the content that we had previously proposed to the Russian Federation over the past 5 years. Of course, the 'Trump path' was not included, but we asked for only 5 words, just 5 words. Those words were: territorial integrity, sovereignty, jurisdiction, reciprocity, inviolability of borders. We said: put these 5 words on paper, and I am ready to sign that paper at any moment. And there is no exaggeration in what I am saying. And this is a very concrete example that we have never acted against Russia and we will not act against them,” Pashinyan noted.

According to the Prime Minister, there will be no fighting with Russia; there are always tensions and discussions in the agendas, but they will not create problems with Russia and will pursue the interests of Armenia.