{"id":7941,"date":"2026-06-04T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:41:47","slug":"eu-pledges-e50-million-to-armenia-amid-moscows-economic-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/eu-pledges-e50-million-to-armenia-amid-moscows-economic-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Pledges \u20ac50 Million to Armenia Amid Moscow&#8217;s Economic Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/read_26_1266\">announced<\/a> the preparation of a support package for Armenia worth more than 50 million euros. The statement followed a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">&#8220;By extending export restrictions on Armenian products, Moscow is weaponising economic relations for political pressure. We know this playbook all too well. This is why Europe stands firmly with Armenia,&#8221; von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">In addition to financial assistance, the European Union plans to ease Armenian goods&#8217; access to the European market. As a symbolic gesture of solidarity, the Commission president announced that a first shipment of 10,000 Armenian flowers would arrive in Latvia on June 5. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">The backdrop is Armenia&#8217;s upcoming parliamentary elections, scheduled for June 7. Against this backdrop, relations between Yerevan and Moscow have sharply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/russia-and-armenia-on-the-brink-of-a-new-crisis\/\">deteriorated<\/a>. Russia accuses Pashinyan of pursuing a pro-Western course and has been progressively imposing restrictions on imports of Armenian products: flowers, mineral water, vegetables, herbs, peaches, strawberries, apples, and fish are already subject to bans.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">The pressure also has an institutional dimension. Russia, together with Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondevudailleurs.ae\/en\/four-eaeu-countries-demand-armenia-hold-referendum-on-choosing-between-the-eu-and-the-eurasian-union\/\">demanded<\/a> that Armenia hold a referendum on its membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. 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