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Prime Minister Pashinyan Questions US 'Nil' Reaction to Democratic Changes in Armenia
YEREVAN, March 28 (Sputnik) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday that the United States had had absolutely no reaction to the democratic transformation in Armenia and questioned why this was the case.
"The United States has long been one of the most ardent defenders of democracy in the world. I would like to ask how the United States responded to the unprecedented democratic changes in Armenia? While this was a democratic transformation in its essence and content, and no one should be in doubt about it. Its reaction, and I also told this to American representatives, was nil in practice. Why?" Pashinyan said, addressing the country's parliament.
Pashinyan's remark came as a response to the criticism by Arman Babajanyan, a lawmaker from the Bright Armenia party, who accused the country's government of continuing a one-sided foreign policy and said that Armenia's relations with the United States and the European Union were not developing as they ought to. Babajanyan also criticized the Armenian humanitarian mission being sent to Syria.
According to Pashinyan, Armenian combat engineers and doctors were sent to Syria based on the country's "historical mission."
Head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation, Lt. Gen. Sergei Solomatin, said that on February 8, an 83-strong humanitarian mission from Armenia began working in Syria. The mission is engaged in clearing mines and providing medical assistance to the residents of the city of Aleppo. Russia has been providing logistical support to the Armenian mission.