TEHRAN, July 26 (MNA) – Russia views Armenia as a brotherly nation and hopes it will not choose the path that the Kyiv once selected, Kremlin spokesman said."Armenia is a sovereign country that chooses its own priority areas of interaction.

It is <...> our ally, a brotherly country," Dmitry Peskov said as he fielded questions from reporters on the sidelines of the New Media Festival.

"We respect this search, but we would not want this search to be carried out in the way that the Kyiv regime once chose." The spokesman said Russia is determined to develop relations with Armenia, according to TASS "We have many plans," he said.

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