In general, there is no logic in the claim that Armenia is an anti-Russian tool, there is no evidence of this, and there cannot be a credible analysis of it. Ruben Rubinyan, Vice-President of the National Assembly, deputy form the ruling party, said this in an interview to H1 TV, referring to the information spread in the Russian press and the statements of the opposition.

“The Republic of Armenia has always taken itself out of geopolitical conflicts. It happened both before 2018 and after 2018. And RA has always fulfilled all its alliance obligations,” Rubinyan said.

He also said that it is wrong to claim that the authorities preferred European Union observers instead of CSTO observers. “The political decision regarding the arrival or coming of observers was made in October 2022 in Prague. You will remember the quadrilateral meeting. And as of that moment, there was no subject of CSTO peacekeepers. Before that, if you remember, a short-term mission, came. That is, after the Azerbaijani attack in September, but before Prague. The mission came and lefr. In other words, there was never a choice before us: to choose EU or CSTO observers,” the NA Vice-President emphasized.

He added that the topic of CSTO observers was opened when there was already a decision about EU observers, and that the CSTO mission was not rejected.