Russia periodically hears strange statements about mythical “attacks from the north” against Armenia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this while starting the talks with the visiting speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, Alen Simonyan, in Moscow, TASS reports.

“It is a little strange for us [i.e. Russia] to hear periodic statements that as if some mythical attacks are being prepared against Armenia from the north, or about an existential threat emanating from the Collective Security Treaty Organization,” the Russian foreign minister said.