Robert Kocharian told how to build relationships with partners and  how to regain the lost trust of the Russian Federation

ArmInfo. On June 10, the second President of Armenia, leader of the Hayastan bloc Robert Kocharian, at a meeting with the residents of Talin in Aragatsotn region of the  Republic of Armenia, told how to build relationships with partners  and how to regain the lost trust of the Russian Federation.

According to him, it is naive to think that in the modern digital  world it is possible to express different points of view on the same  topic - to say one thing to the Chinese, another to the Russians, the  second to the Iranians, the third to the Americans is a big mistake.  "This is the policy of a cheap pickpocket, cheap nimbleness. This is  how they do not acquire reliable partners, on the contrary, they only  lose. Maybe in the 15-16 centuries it was possible that way, there  was no connection, there were no telegrams and all this passed. But  now everything immediately becomes clear, the Armenian authorities  did just that. How can you be trusted if you have been a Russophobe  for 20 years, wrote anti-Russian articles, with your team held  rallies against the Russian base. And suddenly, after being elected,  he immediately became pro-Russian, a supporter of the CSTO? "  Kocharyan wonders.

Then, as the former president noted, the new government "began to  play fast" - with the Russians, one topic, with the Iranians,  another. "But no matter how much they say that they are pro-Russian,  Russia keeps track of: Our partners see that they are being played  with. The only way is to be honest and direct. I have always pursued  this policy, so we had good relations with both the EU and the United  States. and the Russian Federation and Iran. And relations with all  were good. If you told the United States - the framework of our  relations is like this, and we will not go beyond it, but within this  freamework I am ready for full-fledged cooperation, then this works.  If you do not enter in the area of their contradictions, you can  always pursue a policy of cooperation, "Kocharian said.

At the same time, answering the question, Kocharian noted that the  broken trust of the Russian Federation will be restored. "Personal  connections and the path traveled will help to do this very quickly,"  he said.  Kocharian also touched upon the so-called proposal of the  acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to exchange his own son for  captured Armenians in Baku, calling him primitive moronism. In his  opinion, the issue of prisoners is one of the most sensitive. To  solve it, he believes, it is necessary to multiply the international  pressure on Baku, which is not being done by the current government.  "General Muradov (the commander of the peacekeeping contingent) was  instructed to resolve the issue with the prisoners, as if he was to  blame for the people being taken prisoner and he had to solve it. It  is immoral on the part of the authorities not to do anything and  still say that the prisoners will forgive us if they remain in  captivity for another month or two'', he said. 

As Kocharian pointed out, everyone understands that the idea of  exchanging Pashinyan's son for prisoners will not give results. This  may have worked in the Middle Ages, but not in the 21st century, he  said. "This is a primitive moronism. I try to express myself  correctly, but sometimes you have to use the correct expressions.  This is the case when it comes to moronism," said the head of the  bloc.