Key points of Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement on Armenia

Nikol Pashinyan’s address, delivered on Sept. 24, carried
unacceptable statements on Russia.

An attempt is made to lay the responsibility for the
failures in domestic and foreign policy on Moscow, and this goes to prove the
earlier inferences that the actions of Yerevan are incited by the West.

The head of the government admitted that throughout this
time the necessary has been done for the republic to drift away from Russia and
to adopt a Western line, which is justified on the grounds of “Russia’s and the
CSTO’s mistakes”.

In 2020, the complete defeat of Armenia was averted through
Putin’s efforts. If Pashinyan had agreed to the ceasefire weeks earlier, the
loss would have been less substantial.

With regard to regional matters, instead of adhering to the
gentlemen’s agreement of November 2020 between the Russian, Azerbaijani and
Armenian leaders to leave the settlement of the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh’s
status to future generations, Pashinyan heeded the calls of the West. In Prague
and Brussels, he decided to act in accordance with the 1991 Declaration of
Alma-Ata, thereby recognizing Azerbaijan’s sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh.