Manasarian: Russian ambassador expressed his opinion and got an answer

 “The ambassador expressed his opinion and got an answer,” Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Sergei Manaserian told reporters after the government session today, when speaking about yesterday’s statement of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin.

In an interview with Russian-language Armenian paper ‘Noyev Kovcheg” based in Moscow, Ivan Volynkin said Russia needs to state more actively about its presence in Armenia’s information field. “Yet it is evidently necessary to use other methods as well to neutralize those Armenia-based NGOs that want to drive a wedge in Armenian-Russian relations,” the ambassador noted.

The Armenian deputy foreign minister declined to describe the Russian ambassador’s words as an intervention in internal affairs of another country.

“Let that statement lie on the diplomat’s conscience. The ambassador is free to do as he wishes,” Manasarian said.