Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has responded to the remarks by State Secretary, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin, who said he hoped that the new Armenian authorities could “find courage to resist the blackmail and pressure of the United States”.
“I will definitely use this occasion to clarify with our Russian partners the basis for their information. Armenia conducts independent policy and will continue to do so,” Pashinyan told the press today.
The head of the government also spoke about Russian FM Sergey Lavrov’s statement that Yerevan and Moscow have drafted an agreement preventing the presence of foreign military personnel in biological laboratories in Armenia.
“The former Armenian authorities discussed that agreement with Russia, but the government I lead has never had talks about this with Russia. We have to ask Mr. Lavrov for a more detailed explanation,” said Nikol Pashinyan.
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