Is Armenia Expendable to the EU?
The EU’s weak stance and incapacity to act during a time of great need for the Armenian people still reverberates. Today, Armenians are asking themselves if they can afford to trust the EU again.
Kristine Gasparyan is a European affairs specialist. Having studied European Studies in Armenia and Belgium, she specializes in the areas of EU-Armenia relations, EU foreign and security policy and the Eastern Partnership. She has co-founded and worked for a number of think-tanks and NGOs.
The EU’s weak stance and incapacity to act during a time of great need for the Armenian people still reverberates. Today, Armenians are asking themselves if they can afford to trust the EU again.
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EVN Report’s mission is to empower Armenia, inspire the diaspora and inform the world through sound, credible and fact-based reporting and commentary. Our goal is to increase public trust in the media. EVN Report is the media arm of EVN News Foundation registered in the Republic of Armenia in 2017.
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