Armenian Speaker of Parliament reassures Russia of friendly intentions, raises outstanding issues
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Armenian Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan, a senior member of the ruling Civil Contract Party, during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, assured the latter of Yerevan’s friendly intentions but stressed that there are unresolved issues.
“Armenia is interested in its ties with Russia. There is no other perception in Armenia. At the same time, for understandable reasons, from the very first days after the end of the war, we have tried and continue to try to stabilize the situation in our region, and in my assessment, this has not gone badly. But I do not want there to be any perception in Russia that Armenia is trying in some way to act against Russia—a friendly and allied state—despite the fact that, of course, there are issues that need to be discussed,” Simonyan said, after Lavrov voiced concern about Armenia’s growing ties with the EU.
He added that the Armenian and Russian leaders, as well as the foreign ministers, have been discussing all the issues.