During a meeting with members of the Armenian community of Russia at the Embassy of Armenia, Ambassador Vardan Toghanyan told the attendees that they shouldn’t give in to any provocation and that the aim is to stay away from and keep the Armenians of Russia way from any kind of provocation.

The meeting was broadcast live on Facebook by Moscow-based political scientist Harutyun Mkrtchyan.

“Taking into consideration the actions being carried out in this situation, we decided to gather at our embassy and discuss the issues facing Armenians in the Russian Federation today,” the Ambassador said, adding that the Azerbaijanis want the Armenians to give in to their provocations and that this is organized aggression.

“The whole point of all this isn’t to prohibit sale of Armenian products in Russia. We know very well that the whole point is to make Armenians lose control and create a conflict. This is not going well, and even the Sumgait pogroms might seem a minor crime compared with this,” Toghanyan said.