The Kremlin accused Armenia of “a number of unfriendly steps.”
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The ambassador of this country, Vagharshak Harutyunyan, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and given a “severe warning.”
This week, Armenia sent humanitarian aid to Kyiv for the first time since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine. This was announced by the wife of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the summit of first ladies and gentlemen on September 6.
In addition, Armenia will hold joint military exercises with the United States. In preparation for participation in international peacekeeping missions, joint Armenian-American military exercises “EAGLE PARTNER 2023” will be held from September 11 to 20 in Armenia at the training center of the peacekeeping brigade of the Armenian Ministry of Defense “Zar”.
Another reason for the Russians’ demarche is the launch by Armenia of the process of ratification of the Rome Statute, which makes the country a party to the International Criminal Court in The Hague (it issued an arrest warrant for the president as a Russian, Vladimir Putin).
In recent days, the leadership of Armenia has begun a series of unfriendly steps, including the launch of the process of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the trip to Kiev of the spouses of Prime Minister A. V. Akopyan with the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Kiev Nazi regime, the conduct of military exercises on Armenian territory – is in message from the Moscow Foreign Ministry.
In addition, the Russians said that Moscow “has certain doubts regarding the advisability of continuing cooperation with Armenia within the CSTO.”
Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also hinted that Yerevan had “some doubts.” In particular, the politician admitted in a recent interview with the Italian La Repubblica that dependence on Russia in the security sphere was a mistake.
Source: Racurs
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