I see no reason for the Ukrainization of Armenia. Armenia is our ally, our friend. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, addressing the question that in Russia parallels are often drawn with the Ukrainization of Armenia.
“Armenia does not declare the Russian language, Russian culture illegal, does not deprive ethnic Russians and those who simply want to speak Russian of their legal rights. There are no laws adopted in Armenia that prohibit all this, unlike Ukraine. We have forwarded the list of these laws to our friends.
There is no ban on any language anywhere, in any country (we are not talking about the state language), if the speakers of that language are residents of your country.
We found out that the Azerbaijani language is not banned in Armenia. By the way, in Azerbaijan, including in Karabakh, the Armenian language is not banned by the Constitution, and in Ukraine Russian is banned. In Israel, Arabic is not forbidden. Hebrew is not forbidden in Arab countries. Ukraine is a unique state in that regard," Lavrov said, adding that "what Ukrainization are we talking about? Armenia is a civilized country."
