RF defense minister sees election campaign element in  Armenian-American strategic partnership agreement

ArmInfo.The signing of the strategic partnership agreement between Armenia and the United States looks more like election campaign assistance. Russian Security ouncil Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated this at a press conference at the First International Security Forum, TASS reports.

"Regarding the strategic partnership agreement, let's imagine:  someone flies in for an hour. In that hour, they manage to sign a  strategic partnership agreement. This is more like an election  campaign or assistance in an election campaign. Delving into the  deeper details is difficult because, firstly, these details don't  exist, and secondly, the strategic partnership agreement itself  should provide for separate areas, each of which should be  sufficiently developed. We haven't seen this yet," Shoigu said.

During US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Yerevan on May  26, Armenia and the United States signed three documents on  developing bilateral cooperation. Specifically, the Charter of a  Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, a Framework Memorandum on the  Extraction and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Metals,  and the initialing of a Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation  for the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP)  project.