Davos 2025: Pashinyan reiterates Armenia’s policy of balancing relations with EU, Russia and other regional powers
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterated on Thursday in Davos that his administration has adopted a balanced and balancing foreign policy.
“We decided to adopt a balanced and balancing foreign policy,” Pashinyan said at a panel discussion when asked about navigating in geopolitics.
“Which means that we will try to create a balance between our different relations with the EU, our relations with Russia, with our regional powers, very important relations with Iran. And I mentioned already we are trying to establish diplomatic relations with Türkiye, we are trying to reach peace deal with Azerbaijan. Of course it isn’t easy, but on the other hand I don’t think it is impossible. It could seem kind of strange, but we are suspiciously transparent with all our international partners in our intentions, we are sharing with all partners what we are doing with other partners. You mentioned our decision to get closer to the EU, but we are trying very intensively to share our position with Iran, with Russia, and with all our partners, because you know after all Armenia is an independent country and in this challenging time of course there are many threats, but from the other side it is a huge time of changes. Definitely and obviously times of changes bring huge threats, but on the other side huge opportunities emerge and we are trying to manage threats and use opportunities. That is, I think the only pragmatic way to go forward, but not forgetting about balances. Because losing balance could bring heavy consequences for security, stability not only in terms of a country but in terms of the region, and global stability because when we say and pose the task to be as interdependent as possible, but from the other side in this situation any instability in any region of the world could start a chain process worldwide, even in small countries and small regions, that’s why I think to be balanced and not to forget about the task of balancing on a daily basis is the most important thing.”