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Armenia Prime minister refuses Moscow's pressure for EU referendum

Armenia Prime minister refuses Moscow's pressure for EU referendum
France 24 Tuesday 02 June 2026, 10:17 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Armenia Prime minister refuses Moscow's pressure for EU referendum Issued on: Share Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan rejected on Monday Russian leader Vladimir Putin's call for Yerevan to hold a referendum on joining the EU. This pressure from Moscow comes a week before a parliamentary vote, on June 7th.
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