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.
Sources
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
Latest News
20:44
Nicușor Dan has designated Siegfried Mureșan as prime minister. Remus Ștefureac: “An intelligent move” that changes the game of negotiations
20:29
Ion Iordache resigns as head of PNL Gorj and says he wants more freedom to defend the county’s interests in Parliament
20:20
A Romanian man tried for the attempted kidnapping of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in Italy was acquitted / The man suffered from severe schizophrenia
20:12
Austrian police found stolen bicycles with the help of AirTags and identified two Romanian suspects
20:01
Two Romanians robbed the home of the creator of Peppa Pig and were later caught with a Louis Vuitton suitcase
See more news