The political scientist pointed out the inability of the EU to provide protection to Armenia

The European Union (EU) will not be able to provide protection to Armenia, despite constant promises of security, as Europe itself has big problems in this area. Arman Abovyan, an Armenian political analyst, told Izvestia on June 30.

"As for European security, <...> it's not even funny, because Europe itself is facing a very serious problem of ensuring its security and relies solely on the same US Armed Forces. <...> Europe has neither the resources nor, most importantly, the desire to defend Armenia from its enemies," he said.

According to the expert, there is no rapprochement between Armenia and the EU in the form in which they want to present it.

"There is an attempt to enter the South Caucasus region by, say, a pan-British, or Anglo—Saxon, or - whatever you want to call it — a European force vector. In other words, we cannot say that Armenia is joining the EU in the classical sense," Abovyan stressed.

The political scientist added that in fact Armenia is "going to Turkey," but all this is presented under the guise of rapprochement between Yerevan and Brussels.

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