Rubio opens talks in Armenia on US cooperation
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened talks on May 26 in Armenia, a former Soviet republic long allied with Russia which has been seeking closer relations with the West.
Rubio landed in Yerevan for a brief refuelling stop on his way back from India and immediately began talks at the airport with Armenia's foreign minister, Ararat Mirzoyan.
The two countries plan to sign cooperation agreements during the stop, according to the State Department.
Armenia has been a historic ally of Russia but looked on with anger after Moscow failed to prevent Azerbaijan from carrying out a lightning offensive in 2023 that took back the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
