The Russian establishment's certain distrust of the people who came to power from various non-governmental and social organization after the revolution in Armenia can be overcome during closer cooperation, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday.

"It is not a secret that the Russian elite have certain doubts regarding the people who came to power after the people's revolution. Those are the people who were political, civil activists. Those people had to work in the social sector, which was financed by the international organizations, which are not treated well in Russia, among others. In light of that, we see the Russian elite's distrust," Pashinyan said in an interview with the Armenian news portal Civilnet.

"I am confident that this distrust will fade eventually, when the Russian and Armenian institutions interact more closely," the Armenian prime minister said.

Armenia will celebrate Citizen's Day on April 27 dedicated to the events of 2018, when the country had undergone a regime change.

Thousands of people took part in round-the-clock rallies in Yerevan and some other Armenian cities since April 13, 2018, to protest against the appointment of former President Serzh Sargsyan prime minister. Then-opposition leader Pashinyan led the protests. Sargsyan resigned on April 23, and Karen Karapetyan, a representative of the ruling Republican Party, was appointed acting prime minister.

Protests continued nonetheless. Pashinyan demanded that all representatives of the Republican Party be removed from office and a new prime minister be elected.