We believe that the recent steps of the Armenian leadership, including Nikol Pashinyan's refusal to participate in the CSTO meeting in Minsk, Mr. Grigoryan's disclosure about European integration, the expansion of Western arms supplies to the republic, Yerevan's sudden friendship with Kyiv, are probably links in the same chain. This was announced by Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, during the briefing.
“Who is behind the desire to impose such an ideology on this country? Obviously, the West. No one hides it. Their plan regarding Ukraine completely failed, now they are clinging to Armenia and trying to tear it away from Russia.
What does it mean to tear off, we are sovereign states, our interstate agreements are all signed voluntarily, moreover, they give concrete results. There is that result, we are talking about the bonuses that Armenia receives as a state: economic, financial, energy. This is what they are trying to deprive Armenia of.
We are convinced that it completely contradicts the fundamental interests of the republic, the Armenian people, not because we think so, but because all the assurances and promises given to the Armenian people by the political elite of Armenia speak about it.
And it seems to us that it works against the establishment of stability in the region as a whole. Apparently, the Armenian authorities have not forgotten that the country's prosperity was largely based on the benefits it received from cooperation with Russia and the EAEU. These are real numbers and facts.
To preserve all this, our partners turn to us, and at the same time, they take steps, especially in the field of security, which harm bilateral relations and ignore Russia's interests. What is this, an experience of sitting on two chairs? If this is an attempt to sit on two chairs, then of course it will not lead to anything good,” Zakharova stressed.
