The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Moscow is confident that the Armenian leadership has no plans to discuss the peoples of the two countries. His remarks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) made news TASS.
“I sincerely hope that no one in the Armenian leadership has such a goal or duty. Because I think this would only be a disaster for Armenia,” said Zakharova, answering the agency’s question whether Yerevan could somehow set the people of the two countries against each other.
Prior to this, Lusine Martirosyan, Advisor to the Armenian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, said that the country’s former Russian Ambassador Armen Smbatyan, who was accused of fraud and detained, released He was released on $260 thousand bail.
It was previously announced that joint military exercises between Armenia and the USA called “Eagle Partner 2023” will be held in Armenia between 11-20 September. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov expressed Moscow’s concern about these exercises carried out with the participation of the USA and emphasized that Armenia, as a member of the CSTO, should comply with the exercise practice with its allies.
Later NATO representative statedIt is stated that the North Atlantic Alliance is not currently considering the possibility of expansion at the expense of Armenia, and the country itself has not applied to join the bloc.
Previously Armenia and Azerbaijan To agree It concerns the mutual recognition of each other’s territorial integrity.