Parliament Speaker: Republic of Armenia will be guided exclusively by its own interests

ArmInfo. The Republic of 

Armenia will be guided exclusively by its own interests. Speaker of 

the RA Parliament Alen Simonyan commented on the visit of the head of 

the government of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to St. Petersburg to 

participate in the EAEU meeting and the CIS summit.

In response to journalists' remark about whether Pashinyan's visit to 

St. Petersburg is a step back from the European course, Simonyan 

noted that Armenia has never officially declared that it is making a 

U-turn towards the West.

"Armenia and Russia are in the same economic union, and our country's 

economy is experiencing significant growth. And we cannot miss the 

opportunity to chair our economic belt. This is necessary for the 

Republic of Armenia," he explained.

At the same time, Simonyan recalled that he recently refused to 

participate in the CSTO summit, since there is still serious 

dissatisfaction with the work of the Organization.

"Please do not rush to conclusions about steps forward/backward. The 

Republic of Armenia will continue to pursue its interests. And if it 

is in our interest to visit St. Petersburg, we will go there, and if 

not, then we will not go, as it already happened this year," he said.