Forecast: Pashinyan is leading Armenia to the West, albeit very  slowly and cautiously

ArmInfo., Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is mainly pursuing a political line aimed at withdrawing Armenia from the field of Russian influence, albeit very  slowly, with great reservations. Leader of the European Party of  Armenia Tigran Khzmalyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"I understand perfectly well that a certain part of our society  doubts not only Pashinyan's ability to lead Armenia towards the free  world, but also his very intentions. Many people believe that  Pashinyan is unconditionally loyal to Russia and pursues a  pro-Russian policy. I believe that we can and must help our  government in making a difficult, dangerous, but necessary  civilizational choice between Russia and the West," he said.

According to Khzmalyan's estimates, in reality Pashinyan is very  slowly, often not showing the proper consistency, very carefully, but  he is leading Armenia to the West, from the CSTO and the EAEU to NATO  and the EU. And, pushing the government in this process is a  principled goal for his party. Noting that politics is, first of all,  actions, the politician stressed that for 9 months already Moscow has  not been able to get a signature from Yerevan with consent to  legitimize the main goals of Russia and Turkey not only in Artsakh,  but also in the Syunik region of Armenia.

In this light, he also noted the enormous political, diplomatic, and  now financial assistance from the West:  the US and the EU to  Armenia. In this context, the politician highlighted the periodic  visits of the US Ambassador to Syunik, the unprecedented activity of  the French President and the unprecedented financial assistance of  the EU to Armenia. In Khzmalyan's opinion, it is necessary to  understand that all this support for Armenia is primarily conditioned  by the interests of the West itself, for which Armenia is an open  door to Iran.  

"The main thing for us in all this is the complete coincidence of the  interests of Armenia with the interests of the collective West. And  if Armenia pursues a restrained, well-considered, careful policy  aimed at countering the challenges to our statehood, we will  certainly achieve success. The words remain just words, and the main  thing is that there are still no tragic, irrevocable actions for  Armenia. I think that this is also the result of the efforts of the  West. Armenia's exit from the orbit of Russian influence is  inevitable. And this will not happen for the first time.  And this  will not even happen at our request, but as a result of the desire of Russia itself, under the burden of its own problems," Khzmalyan  summed up.