Yerevan September 6
Ani Mshetsyan. The fact that the format of the meeting between the heads of Armenia and Russia is bilateral shows that both sides have a desire to meet, Alen Simonyan, an MP from the Yelk faction stated in a conversation with journalists in the Parliament of Armenia on September 6.
Simonyan said that there were cases when Armenian officials went to Moscow, but never met with their Russian counterparts. "It is quite normal that during this time, two meetings were held between the RA Prime Minister and the President of the Russian Federation. During this period the parties studied various situation problems," Simonyan said.
As for the criticism of RPA MPs against Pashinyan's statements addressed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Simonyan said: "The political force that learns about the extradition of Ramil Safarov from the press has no right to talk about diplomacy. Armenia is building the right, partnership relations with both Russia and the United States and Europe. "
In contrast to Simonyan, the head of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" faction Armen Rustamyan believes that tension appeared in the Armenian-Russian relations. "However, I think that our strategic relations are so important for both countries that all problems will be mitigated. In any case, we hope that during the Pashinyan-Putin meeting all problems will be solved. This can have a decisive significance for us ", Rustamyan stressed.
He also noted that during this meeting it is very important that Armenia once again present its position on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "Different statements sounded, but I think this is a good opportunity to discuss this issue again," the deputy said.
Asked if Nikol Pashinyan has a concept on the Karabakh settlement, Rustamyan said: "Even at the first meeting of Nikol Pashinyan with representatives of our faction, it became obvious to us that the latter, in the negotiation process, will rely on the will of the people of Artsakh. In the upcoming meeting it is worth discussing ways to prevent war, as well as the Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements, which Azerbaijan tries to avoid, given the changes in Armenia. We should note that we stand for continuing the negotiation process with two conditions – full compliance with the ceasefire regime and the inclusion of Artsakh in the negotiations, "Rustamyan said.
To note, a working meeting between Pashinyan and Putin will be held in Moscow on September 8. According to ArmInfo's information, the initiative of the visit and the meeting was made by the Armenian side, however, the apparatus of the RA prime minister does not comment on this information.