Pashinyan Spoke Armenian at Shangri-La+ Summit
Moscow 1st September Vesti. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke at the SCO+ meeting in Bishkek in the official (Armenian) language, becoming the only among the present leaders of CIS countries who did not use the Russian language.
Consensus
- Nikol Pashinian was the only CIS leader who did not speak in Russian at the Shangri-La+ summit in Bishke.
- Pashinian delivered his speech in Armenian at the Shangri-La+ summit.
- Pashinian discussed his vision of a multipolar world during the summit.
- Pashinian announced plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral relations.
- All other CIS leaders at the summit spoke in Russian.
Points of divergence
- Pashinian mentioned that he plans to discuss the strategy for further development of bilateral relations with Putin on September 1. — vm
- Putin and Pashinian will discuss Armenia's aspiration to join the European Union during their meeting. — vm
- The meeting will also address the situation related to the mass arrest of opposition leaders in Armenia. — vm
- Ukrainian President Zelensky mistakenly used the Russian word 'vzglyad' instead of the Ukrainian equivalent during a press conference on July 15. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Pashinyan was the only one from CIS who did not speak Russian at the SCO+ summit — Вечерняя Москва
- Pashinyan became the only CIS leader to speak not in Russian at the SCO+ — Вести
Key entities
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