L'Arménie et la France resserrent encore leur coopération de défense

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L'Arménie et la France ont affirmé haut et fort vendredi leur rapprochement en matière de défense avec une visite sans précédent du ministre français des Armées à Erevan, qui cherche à réduire sa dépendance envers Moscou. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Armenia and France have confirmed their defense approach on Friday with an unprecedented visit

00:05 by the French Army Minister Ervan, who seeks to reduce its dependence on Moscow.

00:10 After the resumption of the high-carabiter by Azerbaijan in September 2023, which followed

00:15 a war in 2020 lost by Armenia, it was France that reacted first when Ervan called for

00:20 help, said the Armenian Defense Minister, Souran Papikian, during a press conference

00:25 with his counterpart, Sebastian Lecornu.

00:28 "This reaction and cooperation, which has been in place for a year and a half, is of

00:31 great importance for Armenia," said Mr Papikian.

00:35 "The aid to Ervan is purely defensive," he insisted.

00:39 For this, Paris is the absolute priority, which is to protect civilian populations and

00:42 strategic sites, in particular thanks to a reinforcement of air defense, according to

00:47 Mr Lecornu.

00:48 Clashes are regularly taking place between the Armenian and Azerbaijani armies, which

00:53 have accused each other in mid-February of having fired at their borders, which had

00:56 killed four Armenian soldiers, according to Ervan.

01:00 Armenia also accuses Azerbaijan of preparing a total war and of envisaging new conquests,

01:05 which Baku denies.

01:06 Risky geopolitics.

01:07 Faced with its recent military defeats and its new fears, Ervan feels abandoned by his

01:13 traditional ally, Russia, and is looking for other support.

01:17 France and Armenia have already signed a letter of intent in the fall on air defense,

01:23 including the acquisition of three radars from the French company Stalé and two night-vision

01:26 binoculars manufactured by Safran and delivered on Thursday.

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