Armenia is stalling initiatives involving Moscow: Russian Foreign Ministry

Armenia has no intention of “slowing down” the implementation of European standards, and is stalling and freezing initiatives involving Moscow, Maria Zakharova, official spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“Serious initiatives involving us are being delayed or frozen. Meanwhile, we were repeatedly told, like a mantra, ‘we will return to considering them after the elections.’ However, no one in Yerevan intends to ‘slow down’ when it comes to implementing European standards,” Zakharova said.

She added that Yerevan is signing various memoranda and “framework plans” with Western capitals, including on cooperation in areas where Moscow has always been a traditional and reliable partner.

“Even before election day, there was a whole ‘parade’ of declarations of strategic partnership concluded with Western countries, even with those states that dream of Russia’s defeat and keep introducing new packages of sanctions against our country,” the diplomat noted.