The Kremlin on September 5 rejected a suggestion by Armenia's prime minister that Russia had failed to ensure Armenia's security amid its standoff with neighboring Azerbaijan and was winding down its role in the wider region. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin disagreed with Nikol Pashinian's remarks and that Russia planned to continue to play an important role in stabilizing the South Caucasus. Pashinian had said his country's policy of solely relying on Russia to guarantee its security was a strategic mistake because Moscow has been unable to ensure Armenia's security in the face of what he said was aggression from neighboring Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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