On the eve of his working visit to Moscow on April 7, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to an Interfax correspondent, during which he spoke about his vision for the future of Armenian-Russian relations, economic ties and prospects for military-technical cooperation, as well as relations with Turkey.
Pashinyan noted that Armenian-Russian strategic allied relations are quite rich and extensive. They are based on the historical contacts of friendly peoples. The nature of these relations does not depend on the results of future early elections.
The Armenian Prime Minister stressed that Armenia is focused on broad and long-term military-architectural cooperation with the Russian Federation, which stems from the long-term strategic interests of both states.
Armenia is extremely interested in receiving modern weapons and ammunition from Russia, and for them to be delivered to Armenia with the equipment intended for the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
Responding to a question regarding the normalization of relations with Turkey, Pashinyan first recalled that the Armenian-Turkish border was unilaterally closed by Turkey back in 1993. Armenia has always advocated the normalization of relations with Turkey without preconditions, but this was rejected by Turkey. Such a hostile policy by Ankara was further exacerbated during Azerbaijan’s 44-day war against Artsakh. Turkey provided Azerbaijan with military-political and military-technical support and also transferred foreign armed terrorists to the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Within this framework, in order to establish lasting peace in the region and restore its economic “image,” Turkey must change that aggressive policy toward Armenia.
