Russian rhetoric against Armenia and Moldova destabilizes the region - State Department

The official representative of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, commented on the statements of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the International Forum in Antalya that the West "seeks to take control of the leadership of Moldova, as happened with Ukraine, and that the Russian Federation will "seriously reconsider" its relations with Armenia if Yerevan continues to move away from Moscow. "We see that such rhetoric of the Russian government is destabilizing the situation in the region. That is why so many of Russia's neighbors are concerned about the threatening rhetoric and threatening actions of the Russian government, which once again demonstrates that it is ready to take steps against its neighbors," Miller said.