Peskov calls Armenia and Russia brotherly countries despite current difficulties in relations

Russia and Armenia remain brotherly countries, despite the current difficulties in relations. Spokesperson for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said this.

“According to Peskov, Armenia is even more than a brotherly country for Russia, although the two countries are currently experiencing a rather difficult period of relations. They are even more than brotherly, because there are more Armenians living here than in Armenia itself,” Peskov said.

He noted that the economic activity of these Armenians, the Russian citizens, constitutes a very large percentage of the total budget of Armenia, up to several billion dollars annually.

“We hope that Yerevan will have the political will to continue the development of our relations, and we will successfully deal with this difficult period,” Peskov said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan recently criticized relations with Moscow. In particular, he stopped Yerevan’s participation in the work of the CSTO, as well as stopped the activities of Russian border guards at the capital’s airport, which had been carried out since 1992.