Passions running high prior to Armenia parliamentary elections -  Russian diplomat

ArmInfo.  The Armenian leadership has made no secret of its interest in rapprochement with the European Union, which is reflected, among other things, in the law adopted in April 2025 on the Republic of Armenia's accession to the European Union. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin in an interview with Rossiya-24.

"We, of course, respect Armenia's sovereign right to choose partners  and integration vectors, but we must also take into account the  realities. Our Armenian partners were initially told that we expect  the Armenian public to be presented with an objective picture of the  existing economic dependencies and interdependencies," he said,  referring to the benefits of Armenia's membership in the Eurasian  Economic Union (EAEU).

Speaking about the situation in Armenia ahead of the parliamentary  elections scheduled for June of this year, the diplomat acknowledged  that, overall, the domestic political situation in the Republic is  determined by preparations for these electoral processes. "And of  course, against this backdrop, emotions are running high. Regarding  external threats, hybrid threats, we know that such language is  widely used in the European Union. We know relevant examples very  well," he said.

According to him, the increased activity of non-governmental  organizations affiliated with and funded by the West is certainly  noticeable. "They are making significant efforts to discredit the  Russian Federation, to discredit Russian-Armenian relations, the  essence of our relations. And, of course, they are presenting the  public with a distorted picture of what's happening in the world. And  here, I think, we could also cooperate and engage in dialogue with  our Armenian partners and friends in order to neutralize hybrid  threats to our relations," he concluded.