Armenian Prime Minister hopes for diplomatic resolution to U.S.-Iran tensions

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia hopes the regional situation arising from U.S.-Iran tensions will be resolved diplomatically. He was asked about the matter during a meeting with diplomats and analysts at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, a Warsaw-based think tank, during his official visit to Poland. A member of the audience asked how a potential regional crisis, if the U.S. and Iran fail to reach a compromise, would affect Armenia’s stability.

“Regarding Iran and the United States: you know, Armenia is a small and modest country, and it is beyond our capacity to judge the relations between the U.S. and Iran. Of course, we are concerned, and our wish is that opportunities arise to find a diplomatic way out of this situation. In this highly volatile and unstable context, we are, of course, glad that we have been able to establish stability and peace in our region. Any instability or challenge is very worrying, and we hope for a stable situation across the broader region. It is obvious that we cannot have a major influence on this situation, so our role is to hope that everything goes well. And if opportunities arise to have a positive impact, we would want to, but, as I have said, we are a small country and can only encourage and join the voices of diplomacy,” Pashinyan said.