Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Ararat Mirzoian, the Armenian Foreign Minister, signed a strategic partnership agreement in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, on Tuesday, less than two weeks before the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7. The agreement also includes a framework for critical minerals, as well as another agreement regarding cooperation for a 43 km transit corridor, which would facilitate Azerbaijan's access to the Nakhchivan enclave and, subsequently, to Turkey. The meeting took place at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan during a short layover for Rubio. This visit comes amid a tense electoral context, in which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's pro-Western party is facing pro-Russian opposition. The Kremlin has warned that Armenia could lose economic advantages related to Russian gas if it moves away from integration with Russia.
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SUA şi Armenia semnează un acord de parteneriat strategic înaintea alegerilor din fosta republică sovietică. Kremlinul ameninţă că ar putea riposta cu creşterea preţului gazului
SUA și Armenia semnează un parteneriat strategic înaintea alegerilor parlamentare
Acord strategic între SUA și Armenia, semnat cu mai puțin de două săptămâni înaintea alegerilor
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