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Armenian political scientist Suren Sargsyan took to Facebook on Monday to comment on “failed” relations between Armenia and China.

"The past 2.5-3 years were marked by a total failure in foreign policy. Both the Armenian-Russian strategic relations and the Armenian-US and Armenian-Chinese friendly ties have failed,” he said.

The expert noted that Armenian-Chinese relations have always been at a high level, adding both sides have always highlighted that Armenia and China have similar or identical positions on various international issues.

“Unfortunately, in recent years, as a result of a number of serious failures of the Armenian authorities, a different attitude has been adopted towards us.

“1. In May 2019 the prime minister visited China. As a result of the high-level meetings, a number of agreements were reached (including on the “One Belt, One Road"), but due to the incompetence and amateurism of the authorities, they were not implemented.

“2. In 2019 Taiwan’s minister of economy visited Armenia. Meanwhile, we have signed a declaration with China, according to which Armenia has undertaken not to establish any official relations with Taiwan. Naturally, denials (clarifications, pledges) followed, but the Chinese side had already drawn appropriate conclusions.

“3. In 2019 Armenia joined the International Religious Freedom Alliance. a movement that is strongly against China and the Trump administration did not hide it. The Armenian side tried to substantiate the "unfounded". No serious argument was made as to why joining the movement was in Armenia's interests. The Chinese side made appropriate conclusions.

“Even after all this, you are still surprised by China's position in the UN Security Council,” Sargsyan wrote.