Russia fully interested in sovereign, strong, and self-sufficient  Armenia - Sergey Kopyrkin 

ArmInfo.  Russia is fully interested in a sovereign, strong, and self-sufficient Armenia. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin on the occasion of Diplomats' Day.

In his speech, the Russian diplomat noted that the South Caucasus  region is experiencing the impact of geopolitical turbulence.  According to Kopyrkin, under these challenging conditions, relations  between Russia and Armenia have entered a new stage of adaptation to  changing realities.

"Overcoming the current challenges requires long-term political will  and strategic wisdom from both sides to preserve and expand the  accumulated wealth of bilateral cooperation.

I hope that the recent visit to Moscow of the Speaker of the National  Assembly of the Republic of Armenia has given additional impetus to  progress in this direction. I am convinced that the country's full  participation in our joint integration associations effectively  contributes to this. For example, over the 10 years of membership in  the EAEU, Armenia's GDP has increased 2.5-fold," the Russian  Ambassador said.

He added that last year's results confirmed that, despite external  shocks, Russia remains Armenia's leading trade, economic, and  investment partner, a time-tested guarantor of the country's energy  and food security.

"Cultural, humanitarian, and people-to-people contacts have  traditionally been vibrant.  It's significant that Russians lead the  way among foreign tourists visiting Armenian soil.  The friendship  between the peoples of Russia and Armenia has been bequeathed to us  by generations of ancestors, forged over centuries by glorious shared  victories and joint creative labor, and forged by close human ties.  We will preserve this legacy and pass it on to future generations,"  he added.

Speaking generally about global processes, he noted that the entire  world is witnessing "tectonic" changes to the previous world order,  which is undergoing a painful transition to a multipolar system. "New  centers of political influence, economic growth, technological and  financial power are emerging. It is still too early to talk about the  parameters of the future global architecture. But it is already clear  that it must be founded on genuine equality, a culture of consensus,  and mutual consideration of interests. These principles guide the new  type of multilateral associations-the SCO and BRICS," Kopyrkin said.

According to him, the era of the undivided supremacy of the  "collective West," unaccustomed to taking the rest of the world into  account, has come to an end. This historical process cannot be  stopped.

"Russia, as a responsible member of the 'Global Majority,' which  includes countries in Greater Eurasia, Africa, and Latin America,  consistently advocates for equal, fair, and mutually beneficial  cooperation based on universally recognized norms of international  law, the central role of the UN, and the sovereign right of states to  determine their own development paths. Our country strives to have a  friendly external environment and to build constructive interaction  with foreign partners in all formats and across all geographic areas,  provided there is mutual interest.

We have put forward the initiative to create a Greater Eurasian  Partnership and, building on this foundation, a pan-continental  architecture of equal and indivisible security. To further this  concept, together with our Belarusian friends, we are promoting the  development of a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in  the 21st Century," Kopyrkin concluded.