As dozens of European leaders converged in Yerevan this week for a summit of the European Political Community (EPC), it was French President Emmanuel Macron who was having the time of his life as he used the occasion to proclaim Armenia’s “new era” with Europe, now that peace is settling in the South Caucasus.
Having arrived early on Sunday evening, Macron received nothing short of a hero's welcome, as Armenians recognised their historic moment of closer relations with the continent backed by France after decades of tumult in Russia’s orbit.
