>"It doesn't matter that Armenia is a member of Russian NATO and Azerbeijan is not because Azerbeijan is also our friend, it is ruled by 'our guy', and we have no interest in going into conflict with it. It doesn't matter that Azerbeijan is under strong influence of Turkey, "it is just politics". Somebody tries to set Russian perimeter on fire, while Russia got stuck in Ukraine. For the same reason we are having war between Kyrgistan and Tadijikistan. That's why we are thinking about putting sanctions on Kazakhstan and Usbekistan. It is an inside job to destroy Russia from inside. That's why Armenia should stop whining and try to find diplomatic solutions just by negotiating with Ilham Aliyev. 30 mln muslims live in Russia, that's why it is so important for us to avoid any conflicts with muslim countries, even at expense of Armenia's interests. What are you eve fighting there for? It is just some piece of mountains, nobody lives there, even goats don't go there. The most important thing nowadays is a global context, and the global context says that somebody tries to set Russia on fire, while it stuck in Ukraine. Just like Baltic States tried to set Belarus on fire in 2020, by organizing revolution against me."
t. Lukashenko to Pashinyan at CSTO meeting