Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called and spoke with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on March 5. At the same time, it is worth noting that the Armenian Foreign Ministry released information about the telephone conversation the day before, stating that it took place at the initiative of the Russian side, but the Russian Foreign Ministry did not publish about the telephone conversation on its official website at least until the afternoon of March 6. any information However, the telephone conversation initiated by Lavrov is remarkable not for that reason, although that circumstance is also interesting.
First, it should be noted that Lavrov and Mirzoyan participated in the annual diplomatic forum held in Antalya on March 1-3. Mirzoyan met with the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Lavrov with either his Turkish counterpart or Azerbaijani Bayramov, but there was no meeting between Lavrov and Mirzoyan. Instead, there was Lavrov’s quite detailed statement that they expect to hear clear words from Yerevan about how they stand towards the so-called integration projects, be it the CSTO, the CIS, or the EAEU. In fact, in a quite threatening tone, Lavrov clearly hinted that there cannot be a “cold” attitude towards the CSTO, and utilitarianism towards the EAEU.
In fact, it turns out that the Russian Foreign Minister waited two days for a clear explanation from Yerevan, and then he couldn’t wait and called himself for clarification. Or did his phone call have a completely different theme or motive, which has little to do with the entourage of direct and one-line interrelated rhetoric? In particular, several items deserve attention in that regard. One is that the Lavrov-Mirzoyan phone conversation actually takes place when Foreign Minister Mirzoyan is in Egypt as part of Prime Minister Pashinyan’s delegation. In any case, before the message about Lavrov’s phone call and conversation, the Armenian Foreign Ministry had spread a message that Armenian Minister A had met his Egyptian counterpart.
It must be concluded that Lavrov’s initiative had an urgent or, so to speak, urgent logic, if he did not wait for Mirzoyan to return to Yerevan, or to catch his breath after his return. Therefore, the question arises as to whether the Lavrov-Mirzoyan phone conversation could be related to the visit to Egypt. Another fact is that the phone conversation initiated by the Russian Foreign Minister, in addition to taking place during Mirzoyan’s stay in Egypt, also takes place in parallel with the visit of Russian Prime Minister Mishustin to Baku, which started the day before and during which issues related to cooperation in various economic sectors will be discussed. : The statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry states that Mirzoyan and Lavrov discussed bilateral and regional issues during the telephone conversation.
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