By Yeghia TASHJIAN, Beirut-based regional analyst and researcher, columnist, "The Armenian Weekly”

From November 27-29, 2023, a delegation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission visited Yerevan. The EU Delegation to Armenia said the purpose of the trip was to “explore possibilities to deepen and strengthen EU-Armenia relations.” Ideas were exchanged on “how to best leverage investments to address the immediate needs and enable integration of displaced Karabakh Armenians.” They agreed to “explore areas to strengthen cooperation between the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) and Armenia” and continue dialogue on matters of security and defence, such as the EU’s promise to explore non-lethal support to the Armenian military via the European Peace Facility. The EU representatives announced their support for the “normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on the principles of mutual recognition of territorial integrity and inviolability of borders based on the 1991 Almaty Declaration. READ MORE

• December 20, 2023

Even as the EU invited Ukraine for membership talks this week, deep divisions are now visible after a year of rare unity.

• December 18, 2023

The Russian president says Moscow has ‘no interest … to fight with NATO countries’.

• December 18, 2023

The two countries are the only holdouts in NATO to not have ratified Sweden’s bid to join the transatlantic military alliance.

• December 18, 2023

PM Viktor Orban promises to veto proposal on Kyiv’s EU membership as EU chief urges support for ‘strong’ Ukraine.

• December 13, 2023

Moscow is ‘very attentively’ watching as US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Washington.

• December 13, 2023

Donald Tusk says Poland will regain leadership position in Europe and will be strong part of NATO.

• December 13, 2023

The Ukrainian president is trying to help break a US domestic political deadlock that would deprive his country of war funding.

• December 13, 2023