I will visit Russia three times in December, I hope we can maintain a friendly atmosphere in our relations. Pashinyan

“I will visit Russia three times in December, and I hope we will be able to maintain a friendly atmosphere in our relations.” Nikol Pashinyan made this statement during a meeting with experts at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin.

“I will visit Russia on December 3, 11, and 22 for negotiations, and I hope we will be able to maintain a friendly atmosphere in our relations with Russia,” Pashinyan said.

He noted that creating problems in Armenia’s relations with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is not their policy.

“This is a political process, and we will remain as calm and composed as possible throughout the entire process. However, our main political objective has always been, and remains, to create an alternative for the citizens of Armenia, because for a long time, even within the CSTO, the perception was that Armenia had no alternative.

One of the EAEU leaders even publicly stated that Armenia had nowhere else to go apart from the EAEU. That statement triggered certain political developments,” Pashinyan said.

He noted that Armenia now feels very comfortable in its relations with the European Union.

“Enormous changes have taken place, and there is already a long list of remarkable changes in EU–Armenia relations,” Pashinyan added.

At the same time, he stressed that their goal is not to undermine Armenia’s relations with Russia.

“We do not want to create problems for Russia,” Pashinyan said.

Asked whether Russia wanted to create problems for Armenia, Pashinyan replied:

“Who knows? Let us hope that this is not Russia’s intention.”