{"id":2141,"date":"2025-08-27T07:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:47:21","slug":"russian-ally-announces-strategic-partnership-with-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/russian-ally-announces-strategic-partnership-with-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian ally announces \u2018strategic partnership\u2019 with UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Armenia expects closer security ties and economic benefits from Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s CSTO ally Armenia has established a <em>\u201cstrategic partnership\u201d<\/em> with the United Kingdom, a country Moscow views as hostile. Yerevan and London sealed the deal during an intergovernmental meeting on Monday, according to a joint communique.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan faces domestic unrest over the arrests of two Armenian Apostolic Church bishops and a prominent businessman, who stand accused of plotting a coup.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Doughty, the UK minister of state for Europe and North America, was briefed during a meeting on Armenia\u2019s <em>\u201congoing democratic transformation,\u201d<\/em> according to officials. The enhanced partnership is expected to expand security cooperation and attract British investment.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, Armenia was shaken by mass protests following the government\u2019s stand-off with Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan and Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who accused Pashinyan of betraying national interests in dealings with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan, head of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, are seen at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, in Armenia.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/689f45bf2030277dd51e4cf5.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/622962-trial-archbishop-begins-armenia-opposition-vs-pm-pashinyan\/\">Trial of archbishop underway in Armenia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both clerics, along with Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, who had expressed support for them, were arrested in June. Authorities claim the three were plotting to overthrow the government. Karapetyan\u2019s energy grid company in Armenia is facing nationalization as part of the crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has distanced itself from the turmoil, describing it as an internal matter. For decades, Russia has served as Armenia\u2019s primary security guarantor as a fellow member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), maintaining a military base in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Pashinyan, however, has accused Russia of failing to defend Armenian interests during border clashes with Azerbaijan and has turned to Western nations for security and economic support. Moscow has warned against the shift, arguing that Washington and its allies cannot be relied upon to protect Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/607269-armenia-us-plans-svr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cautioned<\/a> that such an alignment would ultimately force Armenia to <em>\u201crenounce its own traditions, national societal norms, and stable commercial ties\u201d<\/em> with other countries in exchange for Western favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenia expects closer security ties and economic benefits from Britain Russia\u2019s CSTO ally Armenia has established a \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2144,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions\/2144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}