Russian FM last contacted his Armenian counterpart last Nov
ArmInfo. In an interview with Izvestia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he last contacted his Armenian counterpart in November 2023.
So, when asked to evaluate media forecasts about the intention of the
collective West to isolate Russia within its own borders, by cutting
off the entire post-Soviet space, and to clarify whether it can be
said that Armenia has already been lost, Lavrov noted that he does
not undertake to make predictions about Yerevan's further actions.
"I will not make such predictions. We honestly presented all our
assessments to the Armenian leadership. They know very well that we
remain faithful to our obligations, that we are ready to continue to
contribute to the normalization of their relations with Azerbaijan
and bring this process to full completion. They know that against the
background Our sincere interest in stabilizing the situation and
restoring relations between Yerevan and Baku, the European Union and
NATO are taking steps to complicate this process," the Russian
minister noted.
Lavrov recalled that the Azerbaijani leadership recently protested
against some actions and statements, including those related to the
expansion of the functions and composition of the EU mission in
Armenia. And in this vein, he added that all decisions still remain
with the Armenian side.
"We never abandon our agreements. But recently they have not reached
out to us. I spoke with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
Ararat Mirzoyan for the last time in November 2023 at the OSCE
ministerial meeting in the Macedonian capital Skopje. We proposed the
meeting. They did not talk about it they asked, but I once again
confirmed to my colleague Mirzoyan everything that we are talking
about now. They know our position. Our ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin
regularly reminds us of this position," Lavrov noted.
At the same time, Russia's chief diplomat noted that isolating the
Russian Federation within its own borders is considered a "generous"
scenario. "There are many scenarios for the decolonization of
Russia," the minister concluded.