News - Zakharova on possibility of Armenia ratifying Rome Statute: We consider such moves unfriendly

Literally recently, the ambassador of Armenia to Russia was summoned to the foreign ministry, where he was submitted a protest about a number of "unfriendly" actions which, unfortunately, were initiated by Yerevan, and in them exactly what you are talking about was noted. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry, stated this at Wednesday ministry press briefing, answering the question of what the consequences could be for Armenia, which has sent the Rome Statute to the country's parliament for ratification. "We [i.e. Russia] have given our assessment [on the matter]. And Yerevan's motivation should, nonetheless, be described, explained, and clarified by the Armenian side, not by us. What are they doing [it] for? Why? By the way, they have presented their assessments, but we consider such moves unfriendly, which we have talked about several times with our Armenian colleagues, friends on bilateral channels. But at some phase we started talking publicly because the questions are more and more, because it is not just one move which the Armenian side obviously understands that it will raise fair questions for us, it is a whole set of such steps. Both during the summoning of the [Armenian] ambassador and during the explanation of our actions, we have said about it, including publicly," Zakharova noted.