If anyone has leverage to put pressure on Armenia, it is not in Brussels, nor in the West, nor in the South, and nor in the East, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Russian reporters on Friday, on the sidelines of the 47th meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

“As for Armenia’s [policy], it is nothing new: we [i.e. Armenia], like all states, are pursuing a policy of diversification. It is the sovereign and legitimate right of any country,” Pashinyan added.