Today, Armenia was accused by Russia of seeking to sever the increasingly shaky ties between the two countries at a time when Yerevan is increasingly questioning Moscow's role as a guarantor of regional security, AFP and BTA reported.< /p>
The small Caucasian country, whose relations with its Turkic-speaking neighbor Azerbaijan have been extremely strained since the armed conflict during the collapse of the Soviet Union over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, has accused Russia of doing nothing to come to its aid. , when the war breaks out with new force in 2020, recalls the French agency.
"The Armenian leadership, under false pretenses and by distorting the history of the last three years, is deliberately seeking to sever relations with the Russian Federation," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with Russian media.
Recently, Armenia hinted that it may leave the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a military alliance of former Soviet republics under the auspices of Russia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the country's security alliances "ineffective" after the Azerbaijani army regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh last September.
Armenia boycotted the CSTO summit at the end of 2023, and Pashinyan accused the organization of failing to fulfill its obligations.
Yerevan has turned to its other international partners, in particular to France and the USA, according to AFP.