Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that increasing supervision for abiding by the Western sanctions against Russia is being discussed with all Western partners.
At the same time, Pashinyan said that the sanctions issue is also on the discussion agenda between Armenia and Russia.
Speaking at the press conference on May 22, PM Pashinyan said that Armenia is giving the same response to both Western and Russian partners in these discussions.
“This issue is being discussed with all our Western partners, they are raising this issue. But before that, this issue was on our discussion agenda with Russia. And we are giving the same response to both. We are saying that Armenia is a member of the EEU, Armenia has strategic, collegial relations with Russia, deep economic relations of strategic significance, but Armenia cannot afford to come under Western sanctions due to these and other circumstances. Therefore, in our relations with Russia we will act in the volume that will allow us not to come under Western sanctions. First of all, Armenia doesn’t have that much of resources to come under such sanctions, besides, if we were to come under such sanctions it wouldn’t be good for any of our allies, while we would ruin our relations with our Western partners,” Pashinyan said.
Pashinyan also referred to the relations with Iran, reminding about the current sanctions in that regard.
"Those sanctions have been in effect since 2009, and Armenia keeps those sanctions, right? So what should we do? If we come under sanctions, will it be better for anyone, will it be better for our friend?" he said.
