00:00French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe should support Armenia in reducing reliance on its historic ally Russia.
00:08He made these comments after a summit of European countries concluded in Yerevan.
00:14Macron has described Russia as an unreliable ally in comparison to Europe and France,
00:21saying Paris wanted to see an Armenia that no longer depends on Russia but turns fully toward Europe,
00:27and was at the heart of the European political community.
00:31Armenia has in recent years deepened ties with the West at the expense of its traditionally close relations with Moscow,
00:38which it has accused of failing to defend it from longtime rival and fellow ex-Soviet country Azerbaijan.
00:46Armenia's government gave approval last year to a bill that calls for the country to launch a bid to join
00:52the European Union.
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