The Kremlin spokesman
said drawing parallels between the current events in Armenia and the past
developments in Ukraine is inappropriate.
MOSCOW, April 24.
/TASS/. The Kremlin is satisfied that the situation in Armenia is not
destabilizing and hopes that stability will be preserved and a political
consensus will be reached, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told
reporters on Tuesday.
"Now we see that
the situation is not destabilizing, and we are satisfied," Peskov said,
stressing that the events in Yerevan are a domestic affair of Armenia, which is
Russia’s valuable partner.
"We hope that
order and stability will be preserved in the country and soon in the
foreseeable future a political configuration will be shaped that will become a
consensus for all forces representing the Armenian people," he said.
Peskov has said
drawing parallels between the current events in Armenia and the past
developments in Ukraine is inappropriate.
"I would not
draw any parallels, because this is a totally different situation, and one can
hardly draw direct parallels here," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
According to Peskov, "of course, this situation [in Armenia] is yet to be
analyzed, we are keeping a close eye on it."
"Now I can say
that any associations with Ukraine are inappropriate here," Peskov
stressed.
Putin has not held
phone conversations with either Serzh Sargsyan, who stepped down as Armenia’s
prime minister, or Karen Karapetyan, who is the acting head of government,
according to Peskov.
"No, the
president has not so far had [contacts with Sargsyan or Karapetyan],"
Peskov said.
On Monday evening,
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a phone conversation with
Karapetyan, who earlier served as Armenia’s first deputy prime minister.
Armenia’s former president Serzh Sargsyan was elected as prime minister by the parliament on April 17. He tendered resignation on Monday after opposition protests in the country intensified.
Mass protests against
his nomination began in the Armenian capital of Yerevan and other cities on
April 13.
On Monday, Armenia’s
opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan told a rally on Republic Square that he would
continue talks on a peaceful power transition with acting head of government
Karen Karapetyan.
Source: ITAR-TASS
24-04-2018
