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Armenia, France
French military diplomacy treads carefully in South Caucasus

By planning to appoint a new French defence attaché in Yerevan, France aims to bring Armenia closer to the West. But in a region torn between multiple antagonistic forces, this new role would have to be carried out with care. [...]

Published on 24/04/2023 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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