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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

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

European leaders prepare to pose for a group photograph
Armenia's prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, front left, with other European leaders at a European Political Community summit in 2025. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/AFP/Getty Images

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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