ArmInfo.Allied relations with Russia remain among the top priorities of Armenian foreign policy. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in an interview with the "1in.am" announced this.
At the same time, he stated the substantial and voluminous Armenian-Russian relations, which are not limited to a bilateral format. "There are a lot of questions on the agenda of our relations. Our Prime Minister said this yesterday. These are relations where issues arise, but the basis of our relations does not suffer from them, which has an allied character. At least, Armenia remains committed to these relations, and quite substantial and large. The entire state apparatus is working to cover this volume, "said Mnatsakanyan, adding that foreign policy is aimed at ensuring its duration, the logic of which is very clear for Armenia, since Armenian security tecture built over the past 27 years. According to him, today in the agenda of international relations, the implementation of the ship rocking policy is a security function, where people should not be forgotten.
To clarify why the Prime Minister of Armenia made a comparison between the Armenian-Russian and Armenian-American relations in yesterday's statement, Mnatsakanyan stated that the question sounded like that. In this regard, he recalled that the agenda of relations between the United States and the European Union is quite comprehensive and concerns different spheres of life.
To clarify why the Prime Minister of Armenia places emphasis on criticizing the behavior of the United States, Mnatsakanyan said that the answer comes from the question itself. "Our approaches in foreign policy have not changed, we do not build relations with some countries at the expense of relations with others. For us this is unacceptable, we cannot, do not want and do not strive for such behavior. From this point of view we have an agenda of relations with the United States, the most important thing is that we can discuss our problems openly and clearly. In the United States, we have a very important partner with whom we have a huge agenda, and we have issues that are being discussed, and we can agree or not. "And this is normal. Relationships are not toasts," Mnatsakanyan said.