Robert Kocharyan: Armenia should not have allowed Zelenskyy to  involve it in his conflict with Russia

ArmInfo. All the statements regarding Armenia coming from Europe today pursue a single goal: to hurt Russia Armenia should not have allowed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to drag the country into his conflict  with the Russian Federation.

This statement was made by the second President of Armenia and candidate for Prime Minister from the "Armenia" bloc, Robert Kocharyan, during a meeting with residents of Ijevan in the Tavush region (the birthplace of the current Armenian Prime Minister). 

" There is no realistic perspective here. We also see Russia's  reaction to this, including the Russian President's statements made  the day before yesterday. This is a problem. If your actions are  guided by the interests of the Republic of Armenia, you must not  allow such anti-Russian statements to be made on Armenian soil," the  politician said, emphasizing the unacceptability of such actions in  light of the bellicose remarks directed at Russia by Ukrainian  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Yerevan.

To illustrate his point, Kocharyan suggested to view the situation  through the lens of interpersonal relationships, specifically when  unacceptable comments about you are made in a friend's home. "Would  you stay friends with someone like that? I've given you a simple  everyday example to show how grave this mistake is. First, Zelenskyy  should never have been invited to Yerevan. If he was invited, he  should have been warned on one condition: 'Do not drag us into your  conflict with Russia; we are a country friendly to the Russian  Federation,'" Kocharyan said.

Earlier, during his speech at the 8th European Political Community  Summit in Yerevan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatened  Russia with an attack on Moscow during the Victory Day Parade on May  9. He advised foreign leaders to avoid attending the parade. Russian  Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing on  May 7 that Russia would not forget Yerevan's silence in the face of  Zelenskyy's "terrorist statements" against Moscow. Moreover, on the  same day, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Gurgen Arsenyan was summoned  to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where a protest was delivered to   him.