"Russia must be destroyed" — a leak from a closed meeting of the head of the Armenian Parliament

"Russia must be defeated, defeated, destroyed." This, as reported by the Armenian portal Armlur.am Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan allegedly stated at a meeting with colleagues from the Baltic countries.

"Armlur", in turn, refers to the newspaper "Zhokhovurd", reporting:

"Chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan at a closed meeting with parliamentarians of the Baltic countries expressed harsh criticism of the Russian Federation, which caused confusion even among representatives of the Baltic countries. In fact, Alain Simonyan criticizes Russia more harshly than the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, would have done."

A parliamentary representative of one of the Baltic republics told the newspaper "Zhokhovurd" that Simonyan said that "Russia must be defeated, defeated, destroyed so that it would be good for us and the Baltic countries."

However, Simonyan's press secretary Mosves Harutyunyan answered the portal's question Armlur.am reported the following:

"The Speaker of the RA National Assembly has not made such statements, so it is impossible to answer a question about something that has nothing to do with reality."

EADaily adds that the other day in The chairmen and vice-speakers of the parliaments of the Nordic-Baltic Eight cooperation format came to Yerevan. The delegates are in Armenia at the invitation of the Chairman NA Alena Simonyan.