Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict
Azerbaijani pro-government media claims Armenia will launch war against Azerbaijan in April
Caliber claimed, citing ‘trusted sources’, that the ‘region is on the brink of another war, likely provoked by Armenia’.
Armenia–France Relations
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Armenia to promote the French language in schools
Armenia and France have signed agreements aimed at promoting and developing French language teaching in public educational institutions of Armenia, and to implement an additional Francophone project. France will invest €600,000 ($670,000) within the framework of the project. This funding will go towards providing Armenian schools with new textbooks, educational materials, and fresh programmes for teaching French. ‘French in Armenia is not only for the elite or the capital,’ wrote Ambassad
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France reaffirms support to Armenia
France’s Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné has visited Armenia in a show of ‘French friendship and support’, with both sides pledging to deepen ties and cooperation. Séjourné arrived in Yerevan on Monday, where he met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Prior to his visit, he published a video announcing his intent to visit Armenia, Greece, and Moldova. He said that Armenia and Moldova were facing ‘unacceptable attempts’ of destabilisation and pressure
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Armenia purchases French CAESAR artillery systems
French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced that Armenia has purchased an undisclosed number of France’s CAESAR artillery systems. Lecornu met with Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan in France on Monday, during which several new agreements were reached, including one signed between the Armenian Defence Ministry and French arms manufacturer, KNDS France. Lecornu announced that the deal would include the acquisition of CAESAR systems on Tuesday, calling it a ‘new importa
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Survey suggests 40% of Armenians view Russia as a political threat
A new survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) has found that 40% of Armenians view Russia as a political threat, behind just Azerbaijan and Turkey. IRI published the results of their December 2023 polls on Tuesday. The survey found that 66% of Armenians thought their country’s relations with France were very good, followed by India at 49%; Iran with 30%; the US with 29%; and the EU at 25%. The results showed that only 31% thought that Armenia–Russian relations w
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Pashinyan: Armenia has ‘frozen’ its participation in the CSTO
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia’s participation in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) was ‘basically frozen’ because of its failure to come to Armenia’s defence. In an interview with France 24 on Thursday, Pashinyan criticised the CSTO for not fulfilling its security obligations towards Armenia in 2021 and 2022, saying that the CSTO’s refusal to come to its aid in the face of Azerbaijani attacks ‘could not have gone without consequences’. ‘The
Armenia–EU Relations
Armenia steps up military ties with West as Russia relations tumble
The Armenian authorities have continued to foster security ties with the West, as the country’s relations with Moscow remain in freefall. Earlier this week, the Chief of Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, Eduard Asryan, visited the United States European Command in Stuttgart, where he met with deputy commander Lieutenant General Steven Basham, to discuss Armenian–American military cooperation. The two were reported to have discussed army professionalisation programmes, the modernisation of
