The development of strategic partnership between Armenia and the United States is the sovereign right of Yerevan; Russia, for its part, intends to forge ties with Armenia.

Axar.az reports that Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made this statement while commenting on Yerevan's intention to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Washington.

"It is a totally sovereign right of our Armenian friends. It is Armenia’s sovereign right to develop relations in all directions. We still proceed from the key point: we have our own bilateral relations with Armenia, we value these relations, and we intend to develop them further," the Kremlin spokesman said.