Armenians and Belarusians are brotherly nations, and no statement can affect the friendship of these peoples, Acting Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan told reporters at a briefing, commenting on the recent statement of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
“We have heard such statements for many times. I want to emphasize that the Armenian and Belarusian peoples are brotherly nations, we have very close friendly ties. No statement can affect the friendship of these peoples. I see no reason to comment here. There have been many comments at different times,” Arshakyan said.
The Acting Speaker of Parliament added that such or similar statements have been made in different times. “These are statements relating to their domestic political situation, their country. No such issues are being discussed in Armenia”, he said.
Arshakyan added that discussions on being part of the Union State are not taking place in Armenia.
In one of his recent interviews with Vladimir Solovyov yesterday, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said the Union State between Russia and Belarus should expand and include most of the ex-Soviet republics. Particularly, speaking on Armenia, he said “Armenia has nowhere to run…..what, you think anyone needs them?”
