The internal legitimacy crisis of the Armenian authorities will and may persist

168TVof “Trigger” the guest of the program Russian political analyst, Strategic Culture Fund expert Andrey Areshev is:

During the program, the internal political situation of Armenia, the consequences of the parliamentary elections and the evaluations given by Russian officials were discussed.

In particular, we are talking about the fact that the “Civil Agreement” party did not manage to get two-thirds of the mandates, which is necessary to hold a referendum on the amendment of the country’s Constitution.

Special attention was paid to the statement of the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, who called the situation in Armenia difficult and the election results “relative and in a certain sense suspicious”.

The prospects of the further development of political processes in the Republic and the foreign policy orientations of the Armenian leadership were also discussed.

In addition, the recent statements of the President of the United States Donald Trump regarding the international agenda were considered.

His words that the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine becomes a priority for Washington, as well as the prospects of a new round of negotiations between the United States and Iran on the issues of Iran’s nuclear program, came into the center of attention.

Hayk Derzyan

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