Russian Foreign Ministry slams US-Armenia military exercise

The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed strong disapproval of the joint training exercise between the United States and Armenia, known as Eagle Partner, claiming they undermine the established security cooperation between Yerevan and Moscow.

Spokesperson for Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova emphasized that the West is imposing "NATO standards of armed forces" on Armenia, which she believes is a strategy to gain more influence over the country's domestic and foreign policy, Caliber.Az reports citing Russian media.

"Such steps by Yerevan, which are becoming systemic in nature, undermine the prospects for the functioning of well-tried mechanisms of interaction in this area," she stated.