Moscow reserves the right to discuss with Yerevan the upcoming parliamentary elections in Armenia and its future plans.
Medianews.az, citing "Report", reports that this was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, a correspondent of "Vesti".
"We consider it our right to discuss with our counterparts their plans (regarding the upcoming elections - ed.)", he said.
According to Peskov, the directions chosen by Armenia are under Russia’s close attention: "The large Armenian diaspora living with us exceeds 2 million people. Therefore, the directions chosen by the Armenian leadership itself are of high interest to us."
Speaking about the meeting between the leaders of Russia and Armenia, Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan, on April 1, Peskov noted that the talks, which lasted several hours, were useful, sincere, and necessary.
"The parties, especially in the context of the upcoming elections in Armenia, as well as on the key issues of ongoing trade and economic cooperation, conveyed their positions to each other," Peskov said.
He once again emphasized the impossibility of Armenia’s simultaneous participation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union (EU), stating that the country's leadership will have to make a choice at some point: "We say that if you (Armenia - ed.) go further with the EU at a certain stage, then our two systems are incompatible. These are different operating systems, and at some point, you will have to make a choice," the official representative of the Kremlin noted.