Pashinyan: Armenia will not play the role of an opportunist from now  on, and our international partners must accept this

ArmInfo. Our international partners must realize that henceforth relations with Armenia will not  be of the same nature, the republic will no longer position itself as an opportunist, as it was before. Armenian Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this in the Gegharkunik region, referring to the recent processes around the change of the CSTO Secretary General and  the reaction of the heads of Belarus and Kazakhstan to this.

"Let no one doubt that we will be able to defend our interests, and  everyone will be forced to accept it. Yes, we are small but great  people, in May of this year we did such a thing that entered world  history. I also want to remind you that Marshal Baghramyan made a  great contribution to the cause of liberation of Belarus from the  fascist conquerors, many Armenian sons fought there ", Pashinyan  said.

To note, after the withdrawal of the CSTO Secretary General Yuri  Khachaturov, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke  in favor of early termination of the powers of Armenia as chairperson  in the organization of the country and the transfer of the post of  General Secretary for the rotation order of Belarus. President of  Belarus Alexander Lukashenko subsequently discussed the situation  with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan, telling him the details of the  closed meeting and supporting the position of Nazarbayev. In response  to this, RA Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he would  demand explanations from the Belarusian and Kazakh presidents. Minsk,  through the press secretary of the Foreign Ministry, Anatoly Glaza,  reproached Pashinyan for violating the norms of the international  protocol: "The Acting Prime Minister of Armenia imagines himself an  international prosecutor. The norms of street democracy are not  acceptable in international politics." Yerevan responded to this  statement at the level of a MP from the ruling party, Alen Simonyan,  who stressed that it was not Minsk to teach Pashinyan the etiquette  and rules of international politics, since Minsk itself constantly  violates them.