Published September 08,2023
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Russia summoned the ambassador of long-time ally Armenia on Friday and handed him a diplomatic word a couple of sequence of “unfriendly” steps, together with Yerevan’s joint navy workout routines with the US, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in an announcement.
The ministry gave Armenian Ambassador to Moscow Vagharshak Harutiunyan an inventory of those unfriendly steps, together with Yerevan’s determination to hitch the International Criminal Court and conduct on its territory a joint navy train with the US, in addition to supply of humanitarian support throughout Armenian prime minister’s spouse go to to Ukraine.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Kremlin expressed concern in regards to the Armenian Defense Ministry’s announcement that the US navy will take part in EaglePartner 2023 navy drills within the nation from Sept. 11 to twenty.
The Foreign Ministry assertion additionally decried the “offensive statements” allegedly made by Alen Simonyan, chair of the Armenian National Assembly, on Sept. 6 about Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Russian-Armenian ties have worsened since pro-Western politician Nikol Pashinyan got here to energy because of a coup in 2018.
Pashinyan and his Cabinet blame Russia for Armenia’s defeat within the 2020 warfare with Azerbaijan, which lasted 44 days.
Moscow refers back to the internationally-recognized standing of the Karabakh area as Azerbaijan’s territory, which means nobody attacked Armenia and there was no cause to intervene.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
