Armenian Ambassador to Russia does not know motivations of Russian parliamentarians participating in anti-Armenian march in Azerbaijan
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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian side has raised concerns over the participation of a group of Russian parliamentarians in an anti-Armenian march in Baku, ARMENPRESS reports Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Vardan Toghanyan told Echo of Moscow.
“We raise our concerns over the participation of the Russian parliamentarians in the march in Baku, which has an obvious anti-Armenian nature and is aimed at undermining confidence in the region. We are totally unaware of the motivations of the parliamentarians – what do they express solidarity with and what’s their ‘mission” in participating in such events that are part of the propaganda of the authorities of other countries? Like in the past, we are inclined at establishing bridges of friendship, sincere and allied relations and we hope that our Russian partners will give proper assessments to the participation of the parliamentarians in the well-organized anti-Armenian movement aimed at dissemination of misunderstanding and distrust”, the Ambassador said.
Armenian parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan also referred to the issue in his speech at the plenary session of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. “We highly appreciate the role of the Russian Federation as a Minsk Group Co-chair country. I have to record with sorrow that despite the high-level allied relations between our countries, as well as the consistent efforts of the Russian side aimed at the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, some of our Russian partners yesterday participated in a strictly anti-Armenian event, which goes against the nature of preserving peace and stability in the region. Moreover, we have justified concerns with that some members of the Armenian-Russian inter-parliamentary commission participated in the event”, Mirzoyan said.
Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan