US President Donald Trump expressed on Thursday his “complete and total endorsement for re-election” of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the upcoming election, the first time a US president has endorsed a candidate in a country on Russia’s regional orbit.
In a post on his Truth Social network, Trump called Pashinyan a “great friend and leader,” adding that he is “making his country strong, wealthy, and very secure” ahead of Armenia’s decisive elections on 7 June, fiercely contested between the Armenian premier's camp and the opposing forces supported by Russia.
