During a 40-minute visit to pre-election Armenia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian MFA Ararat Mirzoyan signed a strategic cooperation agreement, a framework agreement on critical minerals, and a TRIPP framework agreement aimed at giving the West access to Central Asian markets.
The signing comes amid growing Russian economic pressure, including export restrictions.
Former US President Biden’s special assistant Michael Carpenter sits down with VoY to discuss the broader implications
