Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the opposition's critical remarks about his visit to Moscow on May 9 to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War inappropriate. He recalled the government's theses on a "balanced policy", where relations with some are not built at the expense of ties with others.

"The Armenian authorities have never said that they will not visit Russia or develop relations with it, and I do not understand such comments. There has never been a logic behind this policy that we will not deepen ties with the Russian Federation or build them at the expense of Armenian-Russian relations," the prime minister emphasized.

Earlier, Chairman of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan accused Russia of waging a hybrid war against Armenia.

"A hybrid war is being waged against Armenia, and it periodically intensifies. It involves Russian experts with Armenian surnames, they are trying to change the government, announce rallies,” Simonyan noted.

Recently, Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a law on the beginning of the process of the country's accession to the European Union. In early January, the law on Armenia's accession to the EU was approved by the country's government, and in late March - by the parliament. Let us also recall that, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the adoption of the law does not mean the country's automatic accession to the European Union - the final decision can only be made in a referendum.