August 2, 2026
“Pressing”in the program Former Prime Minister of RA (1992-93), former Speaker of RA National Assembly (NA) Khosrov Harutyunyan, also touched on Armenia-Russia relations.
“Why is the nature of Russia-Armenia relations strategic? Because the security challenges for our two states are the same: Turkey and Azerbaijan, no matter how much they are sily-billy with Turkey now. Relationships can go up and down at some point, but we both understand that we need each other. In 30 years, however, there has been no sincere conversation between us and Russia. That is why Russia considers that they need us more than we need them, and consider Armenia as an outpost.
We are facing the inevitable imperative to redefine Armenian-Russian relations,” said the former Prime Minister of Armenia.
According to the politician, you should talk to each other in a manly manner. It is necessary to understand that Russia will not be lost, it will solve its problems, we will be lost.
“I say to my Russian colleagues, it seems to you that your strategic defeat will start from Ukraine, but you are terribly mistaken. it will start from Armenia,” noted Khosrov Harutyunyan.
According to the latter: there is a reason why the Turks do not enter Syunik, the 102nd military base in Gyumri. In other cases, Turkey entered wherever it wanted: Syria, Libya, other places.
“The Turks know that by entering Syunik, they will immediately hit Russia’s strategic interests with the resulting consequencesKhosrov Harutyunyan mentioned.
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