DISINFO: France does not aim for a peaceful settlement, but at inciting conflict in the Caucasus
SUMMARY
Paris uses Yerevan as a tool to achieve its own opportunistic goals and is not guided by the interests of Armenia and the Armenian people.
There is a peace plan, and corresponding agreements reached by Yerevan, Baku, and Moscow. All this caused wild jealousy and embitterment in the West, which considered the Caucasus a zone of its interests and, having failed to achieve any progress for a peaceful settlement, is preparing yet another chaos.
This will be seen as revenge for the peace-loving efforts that Russia has made. Today, those who throw into the region such proposals as Paris makes, and commit such actions as Paris does, are bad advisers who are leading things to disaster. The rhetoric of Paris is not aimed at a peaceful settlement, but at fueling the potential for conflict.
RESPONSE
A disinformation narrative, with an anti-Western slant, wrongly demonising France for allegedly obstructing peace in the South Caucasus. The aim is to discredit Armenia's cooperation with France.
This statement is a reaction to the new arms agreement between France and Armenia.
Also, this narrative presents Armenia as a puppet state that is used by the West against Russia, underlying the idea that the Western path will lead to devastating consequences for Armenia. Read a similar case claiming that The West wants Armenia to lose its sovereignty.
At the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, and the President of the European Council Charles Michel, several meetings between the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan took place. See here, here, and here.
The Armenian Prime Minister officially met with the French President on 22 February 2024. A joint declaration was made to the press.
"The Head of State took this opportunity to reaffirm France's unwavering support for Armenia's independence, its territorial integrity, and its aspiration for peace. The two leaders also discussed the state of discussions toward the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We want the South Caucasus to be an area of peace, integration, cooperation with open borders."
Armenian-French defence cooperation and joint efforts are exclusively aimed at establishing long-term peace and stability in the South Caucasus region, as well as at developing the defence capabilities of Armenia's armed forces.
Armenia was subjected to disinformation attacks from Russia after Prime Minister Pashinyan's statement that Armenia's policy of solely relying on Russia to guarantee its security was a strategic mistake. The main narrative of Russian propaganda is that except for Russia, no one has ever helped and will not help Armenia.
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