(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. Armenia is solelygiven the role of a tool with which the West wishes to spark a firein the South Caucasus, Spokesperson for the Russian ForeignMinistry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing, Trend reports.
"Washington and Brussels' aims are clear: they want to cut allties between Russia and Armenia, both security and economic, andweaken the instruments of the Collective Security TreatyOrganization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union. Westernnations aggressively aim to sow unrest among the nearest neighborsin the South Caucasus, using Armenia just as a tool to stir furtherconflict, in accordance with the US and EU's agenda to ignitebroader conflicts," she said.
"Should the document indeed propose the substitution of Russianborder guards with specialists from the US-EU-NATO coalition, theamplification of American and EU subversive operations alongArmenia's borders with Azerbaijan and Iran, and the redirection ofArmenia's vital infrastructure and energy network, it would notcome as a surprise. There has been a noticeable effort by US and EUrepresentatives to influence Armenia with such concepts," Zakharovaemphasized, commenting on the document between the EU, the US, andArmenia adopted during the Brussels meeting.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, alongside EUHigh Representative and Vice President Josep Borrell, US Secretaryof State Antony Blinken, USAID chief Samantha Power, and ArmenianPrime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convened in Brussels on April 5.
One of the outcomes of the meeting was the announcement that theEU would propose Armenia's Resilience and Growth Plan for2024-2027, with a budget allocation of 270 million euros.
Armenia is solely given the role of a tool with which the Westwishes to spark a fire in the South Caucasus, Spokesperson for theRussian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing,Trend reports.
"Washington and Brussels' aims are clear: they want to cut allties between Russia and Armenia, both security and economic, andweaken the instruments of the Collective Security TreatyOrganization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union. Westernnations aggressively aim to sow unrest among the nearest neighborsin the South Caucasus, using Armenia just as a tool to stir furtherconflict, in accordance with the US and EU's agenda to ignitebroader conflicts," she said.
"Should the document indeed propose the substitution of Russianborder guards with specialists from the US-EU-NATO coalition, theamplification of American and EU subversive operations alongArmenia's borders with Azerbaijan and Iran, and the redirection ofArmenia's vital infrastructure and energy network, it would notcome as a surprise. There has been a noticeable effort by US and EUrepresentatives to influence Armenia with such concepts," Zakharovaemphasized, commenting on the document between the EU, the US, andArmenia adopted during the Brussels meeting.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, alongside EUHigh Representative and Vice President Josep Borrell, US Secretaryof State Antony Blinken, USAID chief Samantha Power, and ArmenianPrime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convened in Brussels on April 5.
One of the outcomes of the meeting was the announcement that theEU would propose Armenia's Resilience and Growth Plan for2024-2027, with a budget allocation of 270 million euros.
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