Armenia welcomes decision to deploy new EU civilian mission to   country - RA MFA

ArmInfo. Armenia welcomes the decision of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to deploy a new EU  civilian mission to the country.

According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the mission's  goal is to support the strengthening of Armenia's democratic  resilience, addressing hybrid threats, including efforts to counter  disinformation, cyberattacks, and illicit financial flows.

"The mission will be deployed for an initial period of two years and  through its activities will contribute to the development of  institutional capacities in the aforementioned areas, as well as to  enhancing the resilience of Armenian society in the face of current  challenges.  The decision on the deployment of the civilian mission,  adopted upon the request of the Republic of Armenia, ahead of the  first Armenia-EU Summit scheduled for May 5, is one of the joint  initiatives stemming from the strategic agenda of Armenia-EU  partnership."

Recall that Radio Liberty previously reported that they had  a letter  from Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to Brussels at their  disposal, in which he "requested the dispatch of a rapid response  team to Yerevan to counter Kremlin disinformation and Russian  interference in the parliamentary elections in Armenia, and then,  possibly, a more permanent civilian mission." In this regard, it was  recalled that the EU sent a similar team of approximately 20 people  to Chisinau during last year's parliamentary elections "to help the  Moldovan authorities identify and counter disinformation emanating  from Russia on social media." It should be added that EU Chief  Diplomat Kaja Kallas previously announced the allocation of EUR 15  million to Armenia to "counter Russian propaganda."