Pashinyan has put relations with Russia, the CSTO and the EAEU under direct threat, his actions will have consequences: Medvedev

Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, has put relations with Russia, the CSTO and the EAEU under direct threat, and his actions will have consequences, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said in response to a question from RIA Novosti.

Medvedev said that Pashinyan, in his role as Armenia’s prime minister, has failed to appreciate the numerous examples of fraternal assistance and support from Moscow and has chosen a course toward severing relations with Russia.

“His state is one of the largest beneficiaries of EAEC membership. Today he has put our relations under direct threat. He has essentially severed ties with the CSTO, even though it is within the CSTO framework that Russia has always been ready to defend Armenia within its recognized borders. He has refused to participate in EAEU summits and is gathering vile enemies of Russia in Yerevan,” the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

“This will not go without consequences for him and his people, including, of course, the economic parameters of cooperation,” he emphasized.

According to Medvedev, Pashinyan is pushing Armenia toward the path of “Banderite Ukraine.”

He noted that Pashinyan, as head of Armenia’s Cabinet, has failed to appreciate the numerous examples of fraternal assistance and support from Moscow and has chosen a course toward severing relations with Russia. “What is particularly dangerous is that the temporary occupant Nikol is actively pushing his homeland down the sorrowful path of Banderite Ukraine,” he emphasized.

The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council pointed out that Pashinyan, despite Yerevan’s benefit from EAEU membership, has refused to participate in the union’s summits and is gathering “vile enemies of Russia” in Yerevan.