10/29“John Bolton, or anyone for that matter, cannot speak on my behalf. Let me say, that there cannot be a resolution (of the Karabakh conflict)if it is not acceptable to the people of Armenia, Artsakh &the government of Artsakh,”〜Pashinyan who stressed the need for transparency in the proces
10/30 While that is also technically true, the combined effect of the Mills and Bolton statements added to a sense in Yerevan that the new Pashinyan government's tentative steps toward the West are being repaid by a conspicuous lack of sympathy toward Yerevan's position.
it’s a question of buyingRussian military equipment versus buyingU.S.military equipment,we’d prefer the latter,""We think our equipment is better than the Russians’ anyway.So we want to lookat that.&I think it increases Armenia’s options when it’s not entirely dependent on one major power.
Armenia and Azerbaijan "finding a mutually satisfactory agreement to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue."/ Bolton also said the Trump administration wants to "look at" possibilities of weapons sales to Armenia that would not violate restrictions the U.S. Congress has imposed./"As I said to the PM,(
10/25 Thus, if Yerevan adheres to U.S. sanctions against Iran, Armenia would have only Georgia as a neighboring trading partner -- raising concerns in Yerevan about how Russian pressure against Tbilisi would impact Armenia. Bolton said those "current circumstances highlight" the importance of(
Bolton has said his visit will focus on regional security. He told radio host Hugh Hewitt before the trip that he will be “in the Caucasus to see the very significant geographical role that they have dealing with Iran, dealing with Russia, dealing with Turkey.”
10/22 Giuliani,〜has visited Yerevan for a forum dedicated to the EEU./ He came to Yerevan at the invitation of Ara Abrahamyan, a Russian-Armenian businessman and head of the Union of Armenians of Russia, who prides himself on his ties to〜 Putin. “He gives orders and I carry them out,”