ArmInfo: "We will try to cooperate with Russia on bilateral issues and regional issues like Nagorno-Karabakh"

Yerevan, January 10. ArmInfo. 

"The word "ally" usually applies to a country with whom you have mutual defense treaty obligations. Russia's long been a partner of the United States on a number of issues where we can work together. I think our overall approach remains to try to cooperate with Russia as much as we can on as many issues as we can that we share, whether they're bilateral issues, whether they're regional issues like Nagorno-Karabakh, or whether they're global issues like Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, et cetera," Victoria Nuland, Spokesperson, said at the Daily Press Briefing on Jan 9, the Voice of America cites.

"But we're also going to be very clear and very frank when we disagree, as we do with regard to human rights practices, quality of  democracy in Russia, and as we have in the past on Syria and other things, as we have expressed our concerns about the decisions that they've made on AID and on adoptions, which, frankly, we think hurt Russians most of all. So we will continue to pursue a path of cooperation where we can, but being very frank when we disagree," she said.

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