ArmInfo.Moscow, in contacts with Yerevan, expects to receive information about what Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meant when he spoke about the need to "diversify relations in the security sector." Spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"In this case, we are not inclined to perceive The Wall Street Journal as a primary source, so we still need to understand exactly what Mr. Pashinyan was talking about. And of course, we expect to receive all the information on this matter in a conversation with our Armenian friends. Well, of course, it is not good for Russia and Armenia to communicate through newspapers, especially the Wall Street Journal. Therefore, we continue the conversation, dialogue with our Armenian partners and friends, and we will continue to do so, we have a very broad agenda," Peskov noted.
The Kremlin representative also emphasized that the Russian side continues efforts, "attempts to help Baku and Yerevan finally reach the conclusion of a peace treaty." "This is necessary to stabilize the situation in the region and to achieve a more positive, creative standard of living in the entire region," the presidential press secretary summed up, TASS reports.
On October 25, the American edition of The Wall Street Journal published an interview with the Armenian prime minister, in which he stated that he "does not see any advantages in the continued presence of Russian military bases in Armenia." Pashinyan also said that Yerevan is looking for new partners, since Russia, in his words, "failed to fulfill its allied obligations."
The politician pointed to the recent developments in Nagorno-Karabakh, which, as he noted, led Armenia to the decision on the need to reconsider relations with other countries in the field of security. Pashinyan also noted that Yerevan does not raise the issue of the withdrawal of the Russian military base from Armenia and is trying "to understand the reason for this behavior of the Russian Federation and the CSTO, within the framework of working meetings and other formats." The Prime Minister of Armenia added that the republic remains in the CSTO "because now the parties are at the stage of discussing issues of understanding positions" and do not want to "make a mistake in understanding each other."