Zakharova: We see with what destructive fanaticism Americans  manipulate Yerevan

ArmInfo.The United States and other NATO countries have set as their goal not only to inflict  strategic damage on Russia, but also to destabilize our common Eurasian space. This was stated on September 27 during a weekly briefing by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to the question of how Moscow assesses the West and NATO games in Armenia.

According to her, Westerners had previously viewed post-Soviet  territories as an arena of geopolitical rivalry with Russia.  Zakharova added that against the backdrop of developments around  Ukraine, "they simply stopped hiding their goals of squeezing Russia  out of the South Caucasus." According to her, "for the sake of  achieving this manic goal, they are ready for any adventures and  sacrifices - be it escalation, adventure, etc."

"We see with what destructive fanaticism the Americans are manipulate  Yerevan. USAID Administrator Samantha Power, known for her  Russophobia, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Yuri  Kim, who recently openly stated at a hearing that they are  reorienting countries from Russia to the West, visited the republic.  The congressional delegation led by Peters was there. These are only  the last days, and only what no one denies, because they are  visible," she said.

Zakharova added that according to incoming information, Washington  and Brussels are convincing Yerevan to leave the CSTO, speed up  cooperation with NATO, reorient military-technical cooperation and  sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan without taking into account  the rights and security of the Karabakh Armenians.

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that in  pursuit of achieving these goals, Westerners forgot about their own  values in the field of human rights.

"This is all another pseudo-democracy, turning a blind eye to the  harassment, beatings and arrests of demonstrators in Armenia. We have  always said that the internal affairs of a state should be decided by  the state itself. But if the United States saw one demonstrator in  Iran from the podium of the State Department, they should see what is  happening in Yerevan. But, no, they are silent. They do not want to  see and comment on what is happening with the opposition, which is  threatened if the rallies continue. This is no longer double  standards, this is a lack of standards. This is an absolute violation  of their own democratic values, but essentially interference in the  internal affairs of other states," the diplomat concluded.