I would not attribute the ambitious role prospect of being a mediator to Armenia.
Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, said the aforementioned at an interview during “Nemtsova.Interview” program of DW, responding to the question as to whether Armenia can be considered a mediator between Russia and the West.
“But Armenia may actually—why not—serve as an example. Many of my EU colleagues often say: Look, you are an EAEU member, but you are sincerely and openly developing close cooperation with the EU and not only. We have traditionally very solid relations with many European countries. And this did not start after the country’s independence but historically it so happened that the Armenian people have been keeping in touch with many nations of the European continent already for centuries.
From this perspective, Armenia conducts its policy very openly, that is, it wants to closely cooperate with anyone who would like the same, the FM stressed. But at the same time, he noted that Armenia doesn’t want to capitalize on the contradictions or problems existing between separate countries in order to somehow benefit from that.
“This is a bad position in terms of the prospect that it might backfire. Thus, we say and do what we say. We do and say what we do,” Nalbandian concluded.
