Armenian Defense Ministry Announces Joint Exercises with US
It was decided to hold joint exercises of Armenian and American military Eagle Partner in Armenia to prepare for international peacekeeping missions.
As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in September 2023, joint exercises with peacekeepers from the United States Eagle Partner-2023 took place in Armenia. They were attended by 85 American and 175 Armenian servicemen.
In June 2024, the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry and the US Assistant Secretary of State issued a joint statement after a meeting on raising the level of relations between the two countries to a strategic partnership. The Armenian authorities do not intend to develop strategic relations with the United States, and statements about deepening relations are declarative in nature, Armenian analysts said.
The joint Armenian-American exercises Eagle Partner-2025 will be held in Armenia from August 12 to 20 "as part of preparations for participation in international peacekeeping missions," the Armenian Defense Ministry reported today.
"The exercises will involve servicemen from the peacekeeping brigade of the RA Armed Forces, the US Ground Forces in Europe and Africa, and the Kansas National Guard. The exercises provide for the preparation and implementation of peacekeeping tasks with an emphasis on medical evacuation procedures," the department's Telegram channel said.
The purpose of the exercises is to "increase the level of interaction" in peacekeeping missions, exchange management and tactical communication experience, as well as "increase the readiness of the peacekeeping unit of the RA Armed Forces."
Recall that in September In 2023, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the Armenian authorities made a mistake by building a security architecture in such a way that they had to rely exclusively on Russia.
Earlier, Russia announced that it would hold the CSTO peacekeeping exercises "Indestructible Brotherhood" in Armenia. However, the Armenian authorities considered this inappropriate. In March 2023, a proposal was sent to the CSTO on Armenia's refusal of the quota of the organization's Deputy Secretary General. In September 2024, Armenia refused to participate in the CSTO command and staff exercises "Interaction-2024".
After Russia's refusal to intervene in the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020, Armenia's confidence in the benefits of participating in the Collective Security Treaty Organization weakened. You can read about the steps Armenia has taken in trying to find an alternative to the CSTO in the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Main Thing About Armenia's Criticism of the CSTO and the Kremlin".
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/413508
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