Mirzoyan: Armenia has no plans to  reformat its allied relations with  Russia

ArmInfo. Armenia is not considering the issue of reformatting its allied relations with  Russia, as stated by the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ararat  Mirzoyan at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart  Sergey Lavrov following the talks in Yerevan on May 21.

In response to a question about  whether Armenia is considering the  possibility of revising relations with Russia and the CIS, taking  into account his statement made the day before that the security  architecture has proven to be ineffective, Mirzoyan suggested  considering the entire context of his statement  at a meeting with  European diplomats.  The Armenian minister emphasized that when  speaking about the shaky security architecture, he primarily meant  that it had not proven effective in several countries. "Yes, of  course, I meant our country as well. I do not deny it. We have  learned from our own sad experience that this architecture does not  work," the minister emphasized. In this vein, he noted that Armenia  was forced to review, rebuild, and improve this security system.  Mirzoyan also emphasized that this process is ongoing.

"As for whether we are going to reformat our allied relations with  the Russian Federation, I will say frankly - no. Our commitments,  rights, as well as intentions towards each other are clearly  formulated on paper, signed and ratified. No one has annulled them,"  the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.  However, Mirzoyan  noted that Yerevan is concerned that the existing mechanisms have not  always worked fully and  necessarily. According to him, this is a  completely different issue.  "Here we can talk about the possibility  of increasing the effectiveness of these mechanisms. But the issue of  reformatting these relations is not on our agenda," the chief  diplomat of Armenia added.

He then touched upon the cooperation of the two countries within  multilateral platforms,  particularly, within the CSTO, and  emphasized that Yerevan is not satisfied with the Organization's  response to  specific situations. In this vein, he recalled that  Armenia has frozen its membership in the CSTO. "Here I would not make  more far-reaching conclusions, but I would also like to note that our  discussions with Lavrov are very constructive, containing both  problematic and positive components. We are having healthy  discussions," Mirzoyan concluded.