A traditional Moscow ally, Armenia has pivoted to the West since the Ukraine war began, and its PM now says it could seek EU membership, POLITICO writes.
The article referred to claims that Moscow paid and trained a ring of insurgents in a bid to overthrow Armenia’s pro-Western government earlier this year. But local security forces disrupted the alleged plot.
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Relations between Armenia and its historical ally, Russia, have soured since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with the South Caucasus country freezing its membership of the Moscow-led CSTO military alliance, dispatching humanitarian aid to Kyiv and staging joint drills with U.S. forces.
At the same time, Armenia’s long-time rival Azerbaijan has forged closer relations with the Kremlin, with President Ilham Aliyev holding friendly talks with President Vladimir Putin in Baku last month. Moscow has accused the EU of trespassing in its self-declared sphere of influence by signing partnership deals with the Armenian government,” POLITICO writes.
Earlier, Pashinyan vowed that Armenia’s pivot toward the West would continue. “If we see a more or less realistic possibility of becoming a full member of the European Union, we will not miss that moment,” he said.
