The agreements reached in Washington provide an opportunity to deepen Armenia’s bilateral relations with both Russia and Iran, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a Government–Parliament Q&A session.
“I want to say this clearly: in both my phone conversation and in-person meeting with the President of the Russian Federation, as well as in my meeting with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we discussed the opportunities that are opening up to deepen our relations,” the Prime Minister stated.
Pashinyan acknowledged that concerns exist — and are normal in international affairs.
“Are there concerns? Of course there are. Were those concerns present before August 8? Certainly. Will such concerns continue to exist? Yes — they always will. This is a natural process,” he said. “Politics, diplomacy, foreign relations — they are all about one thing: sides sharing their concerns and working together to see how they can cooperate to manage and alleviate them.”
“This is the very essence of international relations. There is no other meaning or content to it. Dialogue is about exactly that,” Pashinyan stressed.
He also addressed the domestic political context, noting that the ruling majority had invited the opposition to participate in discussions aimed at finding solutions, but the opposition declined.
“They chose not to participate — that’s their decision. We held discussions, we found solutions, and we reached those solutions. If, for example, we compare the opposition’s rhetoric from January 2025 to today’s reality, we will see a growing disconnect. If we compare our own rhetoric from January to August, we see a strategy and the implementation of that strategy,” the Prime Minister concluded.
