French Weapons Sales to Armenia Draw Criticism From Baku and Moscow

Published on June 20, 2024

A French pledge to sell Armenia advanced artillery systems has drawn angry responses from both Azerbaijan—Armenia’s perennial foe in the South Caucasus region—and Moscow. “We do not consider France’s policy regarding the South Caucasus to be helpful,” Hikmet Hajiyev, an adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, said on June 19. Speaking to local media, he warned that the sale of French offensive arms to Armenia would “negatively impact the normalization of ties” between the two longstanding antagonists. Moscow likewise condemned the move, accusing NATO member France of seeking to stoke conflict in a region that Russia has historically viewed as its backyard....

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