Armenia has decided to adopt balanced and balancing foreign policy, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a panel discussion in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
“It means that we will try to create balance between our different relations with the European Union, with Russia, with our regional powers,” he said.
“Our relations with Iran are very important, and we are trying to establish diplomatic relations with Turkey, we are trying to reach a peace deal with Azerbaijan. Of course, it is not easy, but from the other side I don’t think it is impossible. Because it could seem kind of strange, but we are suspiciously transparent with all our international partners, we are sharing with all our partners what we are doing with other partners,” PM Pashinyan noted.
Emphasizing the decision to get closer to the the European Union, PM Pashinyan said “we are trying very intensively to share our position with Iran, we are trying to share very actively our position in Russia, and with all our partners.” “Because, you know, after all, Armenia is an independent country, and of course there are very many challenges and threats in this challenging time, but from the other side it is a huge time of changes. Definitely and obviously the times of changes bring huge threats, but from the other side also huge opportunities. We are trying to manage threats and to use opportunities.”
“I think this is the only pragmatic way to go forward, but without forgetting about balances, because losing the balance could lead to very heavy consequences for security and stability, not only in terms of a country, but in terms of a region and in terms of global stability, because any instability in any region could start a process of chain process worldwide, even in small countries and regions. That’s why I think to be balanced and not forgetting about the task of balancing is the most important thing,” the Armenian Prime Minister stated.
