Special envoy to Yerevan (Armenia)
Two soldiers jump from a vehicle in military colors.
Armed with Dragunov rifles, they came to reinforce two men caught under fire.
Behind his binoculars, this Friday, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, does not miss anything of the demonstration.
In two weeks, “
we will have a team that will be autonomous
,” Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Philippe explains to him.
In this Armavir shooting camp, in the middle of the arid landscape of Armenia, around fifteen French alpine hunters train their counterparts in high mountain combat, in these snowy reliefs which separate this Christian democracy from Azerbaijan.
In full tension with this neighbor and rival supported by Turkey, Sébastien Lecornu warned: he wants to “
help Armenia protect its civilian populations
” in the event of “
aggression
”.
So, Paris and Yerevan are strengthening their military relationship, at a time when ties between Armenia and Russia are weakening.
For this historic visit, the first of a…
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