MOSCOW, July 12. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin, commenting on the work of the EU mission in Armenia, said that there is reason to believe that Westerners are collecting intelligence regarding Russian objects, as well as all states neighboring Armenia.
“We negatively assess the activities of the mission The EU is in Armenia, which has been discussed several times,” he recalled. According to Galuzin, “the task of the European Union is obvious and is to try to gain a foothold in the region to the detriment of the interests of the traditional partners and neighbors of the South Caucasian states — Russia, Iran, Turkey.”
“Any tangible results of the work of the EU We don’t see any observers,” he emphasized. Galuzin noted that “their presence did not prevent periodic aggravations on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.”
“They send their reports directly to Brussels and do not share them even with the Armenian side. There is every reason to believe that Westerners are collecting intelligence regarding Russian objects, as well as all states neighboring Armenia,” said the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.