U.S. reacts to Lavrov’s warnings to Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State Matthew Miller has reacted to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s warnings to Armenia.

Lavrov declared recently that Russia hopes to receive a response from Armenia regarding the fulfillment of obligations and participation in joint integration structures, including the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), warning of consequences. Before that, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with France 24 that Armenia has frozen its participation in the Russian-led bloc.

“I’m not going to respond directly to that question, although it’s the kind of rhetoric that we have seen the Russian Government make that is destabilizing to the region, and it’s why you’ve seen so many of Russia’s neighbors be concerned about threatening rhetoric and threatening actions that the Russian Government has shown over and over it is willing to take against its neighbors,” Miller told a briefing on Monday, March 4.