Why Did Macron, Starmer and Other EU Leaders Come to Armenia? And Why Is This so Important for Pashinyan? (Spoiler Alert: Parliamentary Elections Are Coming Soon)

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In early May, Armenia hosted two summits at once: first the summit of the European Political Community, and immediately after that, the first-ever Armenia-EU summit. The events were remembered by Emmanuel Macron running with stray dogs, as well as for singing a song by Charles Aznavour to the accompaniment of Nikol Pashinyan on drums. And, of course, with Vladimir Zelensky's words, which caused “indignation” among the Russian Foreign Ministry. H…

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It is becoming clear that the Republic [of Armenia], with the consent of its leaders, is increasingly leaning towards aggressive Euro-Atlantic standards and mechanisms, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova argued on Thursday. This is a reaction to the EU and European Political Community summits being held in Yerevan. Experts assess that Nikol Pashinyan's government wants to strengthen relations with Europe, a view Moscow clearly …