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Armenia, France
Paris planning for greater security cooperation with Yerevan post election

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French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right), in Yerevan, on 5 May 2026.
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right), in Yerevan, on 5 May 2026. © Alexander Patrin/Zumapress.com/MaxPPP

France is eager for Armenia to definitively shift to a pro-Western stance. In a bid to keep Yerevan on side, Paris is sending a new ambassador with an intelligence background, and planning for its foreign minister to visit the country shortly after the upcoming legislative elections.

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