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Putin does not think Armenia turned its back on Russia

12 September 2023 15:11 (UTC +04:00)

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not think that Armenia has turned its back on Russia, APA's Russia bureau reports.

At a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Putin responded to the question on Armenia's joint military exercises with the United States, Pashinyan's wife Anna Akopyan's visit to Kyiv, Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan's displeasing remarks to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Armenia's distancing itself from Russia, and how all this will affect the situation on the border with Azerbaijan.

He said that he does not think that Armenia has turned its back on Russia.

“We know and understand what is going on. A lot can be said about this. Once, we proposed our options regarding the settlement (the settlement of the Garabagh conflict-ed.). After the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Armenia took control of seven regions. We proposed that while remaining under the jurisdiction of Armenia the whole Garabagh and Kalbajar and Lachin should come to an agreement with Azerbaijan. However, the Armenian leadership did not agree with this. Although we tried to convince the Armenian leadership for decades. We proposed various options. But in the end, everything led to this. To our question "so what are you going to do?" they used to answer "we will fight". In the end, everything led to the current situation. But the question is not only in the results of the last conflict. The question is also that the Armenian leadership essentially recognized Azerbaijan's sovereignty over Garabagh and recorded it on paper in its Prague statement,” Putin added.