West resorts to dirty blackmail, turns Armenia against Russia, says Denis Gonchar

Western countries are blackmailing Armenia with dirty methods and are turning the country against a partnership with Russia, Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Fourth CIS Department Denis Gonchar told TASS, Report informs.

According to the diplomat, today Moscow and Yerevan have established "close foreign policy coordination" at various international platforms:

"If we talk about some negative moments in relations with Yerevan, they are caused primarily by the constant attempts of Western countries to damage the Russian-Armenian partnership."

"For our part, we are determined, as before, to solve all problematic issues in an allied manner, within the framework of direct and open dialogue," the diplomat summed up.