Russia hopes that Armenia will be engaged in the development of a single and indivisible security system in Eurasia, said Russian ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin, in an interview with Izvestia newspaper.

According to Kopyrkin, Russia relies on "the active engagement of Armenian partners in joint efforts to develop an equal and indivisible security system on the Eurasian continent, the idea of which was put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 14 of this year at a meeting with the Russian Foreign Ministry leadership and was raised again during the BRICS summit recently in [Russia’s] Kazan [city]."

"Speaking about the tasks of ensuring Armenia's security, we [i.e. Russia] are committed to the position that there are no real alternatives comparable to the Russian-Armenian allied cooperation, including within the framework of the CSTO. Russia remains committed to its obligations to ensure Armenia's security—both in a bilateral format and through the CSTO," added the Russian ambassador to Armenia.