There is evidence that Russia wants Armenia’s current prime minister to lose the election, says Marco Rubio
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Russia is not particularly pleased with the United States’ engagement with Armenia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.
Rubio made the remarks while briefing U.S. lawmakers in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the TRIPP project.
“I think this is pretty well understood in the open-source reporting, the Russians are less than happy about our engagement there. I think there's evidence that they would like the current [prime minister] to lose his election as a result of this growing relationship with the United States. To be clear, we're not there to infringe on Armenian sovereignty. We're not asking them not to be friends with other countries. We just want to be able to have a relationship with them that's built not just on peace. Peace is important, but that's just the beginning,” Rubio said, highlighting the mutual benefits of TRIPP for Armenia and the U.S.