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From lobbying to misdirection: Armenia’s influence campaign in Brussels

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04.05.2025

Armenia is rapidly losing control of the narrative it has tried so hard to sustain — that of a country striving for peace and democratic reform, while maintaining strategic partnerships with both the East and the West. While its leadership proclaims a commitment to European integration and regional peace, its actions—both at home and abroad—reveal a different reality. The recent response by European Commission Vice-President and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas to a written question by MEP Emmanuel Fragkos has once again exposed how Yerevan and its powerful diaspora lobby operate within EU institutions to distort facts, manipulate perceptions, and obstruct genuine dialogue.

In her response, Kallas reaffirmed the EU’s strategic engagement in the South Caucasus, emphasizing the importance of peace, stability, and cooperation—particularly in the context of the normalisation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. She also reiterated that human rights and the rule of law are key pillars of the EU's relationship with Azerbaijan. Yet the backdrop to her reply was not a constructive inquiry into improving regional stability, but rather a politically loaded attack disguised as parliamentary oversight.

Fragkos’s written question demanded to know whether........

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