Executive Summary:
On July 2, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Yerevan as part of her South Caucasus tour, meeting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process, EU–Armenia economic integration, and support against Russian economic coercion. Pashinyan said Armenia aims to secure EU visa liberalization by 2029 and reiterated that Yerevan does not seek “to create a crisis” in rel…