Tuesday, March 26 2024 11:36

ArmInfo.Now Russia is going through a rather difficult period in relations with friendly, fraternal Armenia, Dmitry Peskov, Spokesperson for the President of Russia, said in an interview with aif.ru.

"It is even more than fraternal, because there are even more  Armenians living here than in Armenia itself.  And by the way, the  economic activity of these Armenians, citizens of the Russian  Federation, still provides a very large percentage in the total  budget of Armenia. People transfer money there, We're talking about  several billion dollars a year.

But the Caucasus region, unfortunately, attracts the attention of  various extra-regional forces. We are convinced that the  participation of these forces should be greatly limited, because it  is not capable of bringing stability and prosperity there. Therefore,  we hope that political will will prevail in Yerevan to continue the  development of our relations, and we will successfully pass through  this difficult period," Peskov added.

At the same time, the Kremlin representative noted that interaction  with the CIS countries is the main foreign policy priority. "We  actually have a common economic space with the member states of the  EAEU. There are other formats of cooperation related to politics,  security, and so on. All these types of integration are workable,  their potential is far from being fully realized. Somewhere, of  course, problems arise "When we are talking about such close  interaction, it cannot be done without problems.  But the partnership  nature of the relationship allows us to constructively overcome all  this," Peskov said.