U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoian signed a strategic partnership agreement on Tuesday in Yerevan, just days before parliamentary elections in this former Soviet republic. The Kremlin reacted immediately and warned that Armenia could lose its preferential price on Russian gas if it distances itself from Moscow.

With Election Day fast approaching, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s government is hoping that shows of support from the United States and European Union will give it a boost at the polls. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio paid a brief visit to Yerevan on May 26, during which he signed a Charter on Comprehensive and Strategic Partnership together with his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan. The two also inked a framework agreement concerning the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, envisioned as a key cog in the…

A 1587 map shows Noah's Ark on the mountains of Ararat and revives the debate about the possible location of the biblical vessel in Turkey.

Ararat Mirzoyan noted that Armenia realized that it had to choose between the European Union and the EAEU