Pashinyan Responds to Controversial Message from Tbilisi

The relations between Armenia and Georgia are not influenced by the relationships with third parties and will remain strategic and fraternal. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a press conference.

In response to a journalist's question regarding Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili's statement that the European Union would not succeed in creating a rift in Armenian-Georgian relations, Pashinyan noted that Georgia has an important role in the context of Armenian-European Union relations.

“I have made it clear regarding Georgia that it plays a very significant and key role in Armenian-European Union relations, and we are quite concerned about this situation. We believe that this situation should be resolved,” stated the Prime Minister.

At the same time, he emphasized that the relations between Armenia and Georgia are not conditioned by the relationships with other countries or unions. “The relations between Armenia and Georgia have nothing to do with the relationships with a third party. And, of course, these relations are strategic, long-term, historical, fraternal, and will continue to be so. There cannot simply be another scenario,” Pashinyan noted.

It is recalled that Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated that the attempts by external forces and certain local circles to undermine relations with Armenia have failed.