Deputy FM: State Statements by Russia`s certain representatives do  not in any way contribute to formation of environment for dialogue

ArmInfo.Our position has not changed - we expect that the CSTO will give a political assessment of 

the fact that the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia are occupied, in particular in September 2022. Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan stated during a briefing on April 4. He noted that Armenia's demands are known, since this has been stated many times.

"It is clear to all of us what the sovereign territory of Armenia is. 

And, in fact, in this regard, the statement of the CSTO Secretariat 

is already controversial in terms of whether the CSTO Secretariat is 

authorized to make statements on behalf of all member countries of 

the Organization?> asked the deputy minister.

At the same time, referring to yesterday's statement by the Russian 

Embassy that Armenia and Russia need to return to dialogue, he 

emphasized the importance of forming an environment for dialogue on 

various topics. "And the statements of certain representatives of the 

Russian Federation and the Russian Foreign Ministry in no way 

contribute to the formation of such an environment," Kostanyan 

emphasized.  He noted that Armenia voiced the problems that it sees 

on the agenda of relations between Armenia and Russia. "I think that 

we can expect that our ally, de jure, will react, and not only in 

words, but also in actions, and will not take steps or make 

statements that harm the vital interests, as they claim, of their 

ally," he noted.

The Deputy Minister expects that following the results of tomorrow's 

meeting in Brussels, European partners will provide assistance to the 

country in the context of increasing the stability of the Armenian 

economy, solving social and humanitarian problems, and the housing 

issue of our compatriots from Artsakh. To the question of whether 

Armenia was asked to withdraw from the CSTO and revise its relations 

with the EAEU in exchange for support, Kostanyan stated that there 

are no such official demands on Armenia.

Yesterday the Russian Embassy in Armenia published a statement 

claiming that Russia has always attached special importance to 

strengthening friendly ties with Armenia as an ally and an important 

partner. "A lot has changed over the past decades. Both the countries 

themselves and the world in which we live have changed. 

Unfortunately, there are contradictions and mutual demands in our 

dialogue. But the basis of bilateral relations remains the same. 

Close allied ties between Russia and Armenia, interaction in all 

areas - this is what meets the fundamental, true interests of both 

Russians and Armenians. We are confident that correcting the 

accumulated imbalances and returning to "allied normality" as a 

result of direct dialogue between Moscow and Yerevan is not only 

possible, but is also the only reasonable decicion," the document 

says.