Maria Zakharova, the official spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, described the participation of Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's third international conference on peace resolution as a deliberate anti-Russian gesture by Yerevan.

Maria Zakharova also mentioned Anna Hakobyan's visit to Kyiv and a meeting between Alen Simonyan, the speaker of the Armenian parliament, and Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as additional examples that Russia views as anti-Russian actions by Armenia.

"Pashinyan himself met with Stefanchuk in Granada [Spain]. In Yerevan, they should realize that it is about playing exhibition games with those who are aggressively confronting our country, and there is no other definition here. And, regrettably, the current leadership of the [Armenian] republic is purposefully, persistently destroying our allied relations, which not so long ago it called the most important factor of Armenia's stability and prosperity," said an official representative of the Russian foreign ministry.

Maria Zakharova also expressed concern over some Armenian media resources, which she claimed are financed by individuals associated with state bodies or people within the executive power. She described their content as having an "anti-Russian rhetoric" and suggested that it bordered on nationalism, with a strong element of Russophobia.

"I can't even imagine such a thing...I read and watch a lot. But this is not just an insult but an undisguised Russophobia. We realize who is behind the funding of these resources. If they think we don't know who is paying for all that, we know," she outlined.

Referring to the meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Georgia on October 27, Zakharova expressed Russia's welcome for any actions that promote normalization between the two countries.

"We welcome everything that benefits the parties and the region as a whole. For our part, we believe that the roadmap for the normalization of bilateral relations remains a set of trilateral agreements that were adopted between 2020 and 2022. They include the signing of a peace treaty between the two countries, the unblocking of transport and economic ties in the South Caucasus, border delimitation, and much more," she told a press briefing.

"I would like to reaffirm that soon we are ready to organize a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in Moscow," Zakharova added.

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