Hraparak: Pashinyan secretly met with US ambassador in Meghri, ‘provoking Russia’s anger’

11:38 • 05.06.21

The paper revealed "striking details" about Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to the Syunik region back in April.

The media outlets reported at the time that the prime minister spent the night at a hotel in Meghri, where also the US ambassador was staying. But that’s not reportedly the end of the all. An “informed source” who talked to the paper recently claimed that a secretly arranged meeting between Pashinyan and Ambassador Lynne Tracy was also attended by an Azerbaijani representative whose identity remains unknown.

The ambassador herself is said to have picked him up on her way to the Southern region as she passed by an Azerbaijani defense post located in the viccinity of the Vorotan village.

As for the trilateral meeting, it reportedly focused on the plans for building a road corridor to Nakhichevan through the Syunik region. The paper notes that the reports on Azerbaijani troops incursion into Sev Lich (Black Sea) emerged shortly afterwards.

After the negotiations finished, Pashinyan’s staff representatives reportedly took away the video recording devices and servers from the surveillance cameras to prevent "information leakage".

According to the paper, the Russian side is also aware of the meeting and angered by Pashinyan’s “backstage games” with the Washington and Baku.