Armenia is a small state and is not in a position to judge relations between the United States and Iran; it can only encourage a diplomatic solution, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a Q&A session at the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
He was responding to a question about how a potential crisis in the region, if Iran and the U.S. fail to reach a compromise, could affect Armenia’s stability, Armenpress reports.
“As for Iran and the U.S., you know that Armenia is a small and modest state, and it is not within our capacity to judge relations between the United States and Iran. We are, of course, concerned, and our wish is that opportunities be found to resolve this situation through diplomatic means. In this highly volatile and unstable environment, we are glad that we have managed to establish stability and peace in our region. Any instability, any challenge, is very worrying for us, and we hope that there will be a stable situation in the broader region.
It is obvious that we cannot have a significant impact on this situation, so our task is to hope that everything will be fine. And if there are opportunities to have a positive impact, we would like to do so, but as I said, we are a small state and can only encourage and join the voices of diplomacy,” Pashinyan said.
Earlier, U.S. Vice President JD Vance stated that Washington is considering a military option if negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program fail. He stressed that Iran cannot be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in turn, said Tehran would respond lawfully in the event of a U.S. attack.
