Armenia takes first step towards applying for membership in the European Union. “It’s not a secret,” he said, while Yerevan lives under threat from Azerbaijan and moves away from its historic Russian partner.

To date, nine states have official “candidate” status: Turkey, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia. Could Armenia be a tenth? The process is in any case long, already to apply, but above all, afterwards, to formally join the Union.