Armenia ‘Not Russia’s Ally’ in Ukraine but Has No Plans to Join NATO, Leader Says

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his country is “not Russia’s ally” in the war in Ukraine but also dismissed speculation that it has long-term plans to join the Western NATO alliance. “In the Ukraine situation, we are not Russia’s ally,” he said in a Feb. 11 interview with UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph. Mr. Panshinyan’s remarks follow months of strained relations between Moscow and Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. A former Soviet socialist republic, Armenia is a longstanding member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a six-nation security bloc led by Moscow. Established in the wake of the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, the CSTO also includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan....