US helping Armenia cut ties with Russia – official

Washington has praised the “brave steps” taken by the former Soviet republic’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

The United States is working to “create the conditions” for the government of Armenia to wind down its relationship with Russia, James O’Brien, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, has revealed.

The statement was made on Wednesday during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing about the future of Europe.