Harming Russia's interests is not, has not been, and will not be on our agenda, it is excluded; no one will be able to pull us in the logic of acting against Russia. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia today.

"We [i.e. Russia] will not fight with Russia. I have very direct and warm relations with [Russian president] Putin and [PM] Mishustin; this is our strategy. We will not act against Russia, but we will always act in accordance with the interests of the Republic of Armenia. There may be overlaps here, but we cannot say that we will act against Armenia for the benefit of Russia or any other country,” Pashinyan said.

“I have told my Russian colleagues: ‘August 8, we signed something that we had been offering to Russia for the previous five years, we only wanted five words: territorial integrity, sovereignty, jurisdiction, reciprocity, inviolability of borders. Put those five words and I will sign at any time,’” the Armenian PM added.