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ArmInfo. Armenia does not  consider the possibility of acquiring American weapons, RA Acting  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, on December 19, referring to the  appeal of the national security adviser to the US President John  Bolton to abandon the purchase of Russian weapons in favor of the US.

ArmInfo. Moscow hopes that the new leadership of Armenia will find the courage to resist blackmail and pressure from the US, will make decisions independently,  Secretary of State Grigory Karasin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

ArmInfo.Armenian-Israeli relations have serious potential that is not used. About this in an interview with the Israeli maariv said Armenian Acting Foreign  Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.

ArmInfo..In a move welcomed by the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a vote on President Trump's nomination of Earle Litzenberger to serve as Ambassador to Azerbaijan  - amid growing concerns across Capitol Hill over a recent call by  National Security Advisor John Bolton for U.S. arms sales to the  increasingly reckless and aggressive Aliyev regime.  The press  service of ANCA told ArmInfo about this. 

ArmInfo.American weapons are much more expensive than their Russian counterparts. The candidate of sociological sciences, a member of the Eurasian expert  club Samvel Manukyan said this at a press conference, referring to  the statement of Trump's national security adviser John Bolton about  the possible sale of weapons to Armenia and Azerbaijan after the  cancellation of the 907 amendment.

ArmInfo. The positions of  the Republic of Artsakh and the Republic of Armenia on the settlement are clear. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Artsakh Republic Masis Mailyan stated this in an interview with the ''Azat Artsakh''  republican newspaper. 

ArmInfo.Sanctions against Iran are in the center of attention of Yerevan. The press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan stated this on  November 13 at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. I do not think that the United States will sell weapons to Armenia and Azerbaijan, but will carry on a conversation. This opinion on November 9 during a  video bridge Yerevan-Moscow-Tallinn was declared by Member of the  Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security. Frants  Klintsevich.Frants Klintsevich, referring to the prospects for  selling arms to Washington Yerevan and Baku.

ArmInfo.Response to the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Conflict Dealt With by the OSCE  Minsk Conference, and to the Head of the OSCE High Level Planning  Group As delivered by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Gregory Macris  to the Permanent Council, Vienna November 8, 2018 The United States  welcomes the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group, together with the  Chairmanship's Personal Representative, to the Permanent Council.

ArmInfo.The Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the US administration of sanctions against Iran.

ArmInfo. The reason for the US sanctions lies not only in Iran's desire to create nuclear weapons, but also in the ongoing support for terrorism and  destabilization of the situation in the region by Tehran. The Deputy  Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs,  George Kent, said in an interview with radio  station, speaking about Washington's new sanctions against Tehran.

ArmInfo.The issue of international sanctions is very sensitive for the region, in  particular, for Armenia, which has no direct access to the sea and in  conditions of limited land connections with the outside world.

ArmInfo.The visit of US Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs John Bolton to Armenia was marked by a major diplomatic victory. The acting  premier Nikol Pashinyan stated this in the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Armenia's relations  with Iran and Georgia should be free from any geopolitical trends.  About this from the rostrum of parliament, said the. Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan, commenting on the statements made by advisor to US  President John Bolton in Armenia. 

ArmInfo. Armenia is ready to settle relations with Turkey without preconditions. On November 1, the Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this from  the rostrum of the National Assembly.

ArmInfo.One of the main issues related to the visit of the national security adviser to the President of the United States John Bolton was related to whether the  US policy towards the South Caucasus has changed or not. The director  of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of  Sciences of Armenia, turkologist, professor Ruben Safrastyan stated  this at a press conference.

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ArmInfo.The visit of the US President National Security Adviser John Bolton was of a regional nature; he visited not only Armenia, but Moscow, Azerbaijan, and  Georgia as well, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan said  this on the air of ''Ekho of Moscow'', commenting on Bolton's visit  to Armenia.

ArmInfo. The Russian Foreign  Ministry commented on the statements of the Adviser to the US  President on National Security John Bolton made in Armenia.  The  Russian Foreign Ministry reminded that recently during a briefing by  the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson the "farewell" speech by  the US Ambassador Richard Mills, who was leaving Yerevan, was  commented "who publicly instructed the host country on economic  policy issues and promised local public organizations generous  funding for supervising the government" .