MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. NATO countries are attempting to turn Armenia into their outpost in the South Caucasus, which is evident from their plans to conduct the Eagle Partner drills involving servicemen from the US, France, and Greece, as well as the country’s rearmament to Western standards, military expert Alexander Stepanov told TASS.
According to him, Armenia has been within NATO’s sphere of influence since 1992, but military-political cooperation between the parties has only recently reached its peak.
"This is a very serious challenge, and it is obvious that the key drivers of this process are Washington and Paris. Paris is playing its own game. It has long cooperated with Armenia through its security agencies and is considering options for developing military-technical cooperation and supplying its own weapons. In addition, negotiations are underway on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. The trend is toward drawing Armenia as deeply as possible into the alliance and turning it into a NATO outpost in the south and, de facto, throughout the South Caucasus," the expert noted.
According to Stepanov, France is actively strengthening its military-technical partnership with Armenia by expanding the range of military supplies. A key aspect of this cooperation is the transfer of radar systems, which allows Paris to deploy its intelligence capabilities in the region.
