
Armenia and France discuss developing military-industrial cooperation
The talks took place with the French Defence Procurement Agency.
The talks took place with the French Defence Procurement Agency.
The warning followed the recent adoption by the Armenian Parliament of a bill that calls on the government to seek EU integration.
Armenia announced in February 2024 that its participation in the CSTO was ‘basically frozen’.
Russia also said that Armenia’s ‘frozen’ membership in the CSTO ‘does not contribute to strengthening Armenia’s security’.
The statement came in regards to Armenia not paying its contribution fees to the CSTO.
The signing of the charter has been received unfavourably by Armenia’s traditional ally, Russia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that Armenia has passed ‘the point of no return’ in regards to the country’s possible return to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). Pashinyan’s statement was made during a parliamentary session Wednesday evening after an MP requested he address a recent statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the lack of CSTO intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh. ‘The discrepancy between these events and their now public mutual expres