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EU forging closer ties with Armenia as it sends experts to help counter Russian interference

4 May 2026 at 04:00

Bloc’s leaders to hold first summit with Armenia on Tuesday at it ramps up efforts to combat Kremlin’s influence

The EU is sending a team of experts specialised in combating Russian propaganda and interference to Armenia, as it increases its support to the former Soviet republic in a tense political period.

In a highly symbolic sequence of events, EU leaders will hold their first summit with Armenia on Tuesday, after a pan-European gathering of about 45 leaders at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan.

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© Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/AFP/Getty Images

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