Kiro Manoyan: Russia did not behave like an ally

The sale of Russian arms to Azerbaijan does not fit into the framework of Armenian-Russian strategic partnership, the ARFD Party’s representative Kiro Manoyan told reporters today.

“The deal was not a dereliction of the agreement obligations between Armenia and Russia. But it was not the behavior to be expected by an ally. There have been comments that the deal did not upset the parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, nevertheless, the likelihood of a war is increasing. Naturally Azerbaijan’s temptation to start a war has grown,” Manoyan noted.

In his words, the Russian authorities should have known that such behavior would not meet with approval of Armenia.

“Russia chose an economic deal to keep its influence in the region,” Manoyan said.