Armenia and Russia cooperate in economy and security, but there are 'problems that cannot be hidden' - Mirzoyan

YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. Armenia and Russia have economic relations, bilateral trade, cooperation in various spheres, good security ties, but there are also obvious problems, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in an interview with Argentine TV channel Todo Noticias.

"It is also true that today we have different thoughts and, simply put, we do not speak the same language. The problems that exist in relations with Russia cannot be hidden," Mirzoyan noted.

In this context, Mirzoyan pointed to the fact that in 2020 Russia sent peacekeepers as guarantors to monitor security in Nagorno-Karabakh. "However, we have witnessed numerous attacks against Armenia on the border," Mirzoyan emphasized.

According to him, "we cannot say that we have noticed a satisfactory and dignified response from our allies." "Thus, the security mechanisms that we had for several decades did not work. It is for this reason that we were forced to ask the European Union to send a mission and observe the situation on our border with Azerbaijan," the minister said.

Mirzoyan refrained from calling what is happening a U-turn. "We are trying to ensure our security and development along the democratic path, and for this we see that there are good partners in the West," he said. -0-