Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, answering the question of the France 24 reporter, whether he continues to think that Vladimir Putin's goal is to remove him from power, said:
"You know, during the events of September 2023, the highest-ranking representatives of the Russian Federation directly called on the citizens of Armenia to go to the streets and overthrow the elected legitimate government. Russian TV channels, not for a few days, but for 6 years, in fact, have been carrying out systematic and consistent, purposeful anti-propaganda against the Armenian government, the elected authorities and me personally. Is there anything else that could be concluded from all this?" Pashinyan said.
He responded to the question: "Does this continue today?"
"You know, to be honest, I have lost interest in that topic. I don't even know if it continues or not. No matter if it continues or not, the people of Armenia have shown that they are not going to give up their sovereignty, independence, and democracy and will be consistent in claiming their territorial integrity, establishing normal relations with their neighbors, and in terms of implementation of the peace agenda, as well as the "Crossroads of Peace" project, also in terms of deepening further relations with the European Union."
The journalist asked whether Armenia's Prime Minister is talking to Vladimir Putin now, to which Pashinyan replied that they had contacts in December and talked.
When asked if he trusts him, Pashinyan answered:
"You know, we have interstate relations, and Armenia and Russia have a long history of relations. The history of those relations has certain institutional traditions. We are within those traditions."
