Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan answered zayavlenie chief editor RT Margarita Simonyan that the Armenian authorities show an ungrateful attitude to Russia. In particular, Simonyan has criticized Armenia for not recognizing the Russian Crimea, the dominance in the Republic of “anti-Russian” NGOs and the arrests of former President Robert Kocharian, who was considered an ally of Russia.
According to Pashinian, in Armenia took a very negative accusations Simonyan in his address. He noted that he voiced criticisms of the RT editor-in-chief untenable. About the non-recognition by Yerevan of the Russian Crimea Pashinyan said that the Armenian authorities still do not recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, but this does not mean that they do not protect disputed territory. Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are a single space of security, said Pashinyan.
According to the arrest Kocharian, who was accused of overthrow of the constitutional order in 2008, Pashinyan expressed philosophically, noting that some politicians are not allies of Russia. For a long time many politicians have positioned themselves as the sole allies of Moscow.
“Russia needs to understand that the ally of Russia in Armenia Pashinyan, not Petrosian, not Poghosyan, not Sargsyan, Kocharyan not, ally and partner is the Armenian people,” – said in an interview with RBC Pashinyan, stressing that it is “very important thing”.
complaint about the presence in Armenia of a large number of non-profit organizations called the Prime Minister a surprise. He recalled that all of these NGOs worked in the Republic long before he came to power, in those days, when Moscow did not doubt the Pro-Russian position of the Armenian authorities.
“All of these organizations were created in the days of Robert Kocharian, the time of Serzh Sargsyan. If they were so Pro, why don’t they shut down these organizations?”, noted Pashinyan.
we will Remind, on July 18 Margarita Simonyan in his telegram channel published a post in response to the call of the Armenian community of Russia to “determine the position” on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In her opinion, after all the aforementioned unfriendly actions on the part of Yerevan, Moscow could “spit and RUB”, but still will not do that because of their generosity and nobility.
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