Overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia view Azerbaijan and  Turkiye as threat - poll

ArmInfo.The overwhelming majority of respondents in Armenia see a threat in Azerbaijan and Turkey, according to the results of a survey by the International  Republican Institute (IRI).

When asked which country poses a political threat to Armenia's  security, 80% of respondents indicated Azerbaijan, another 69%  indicated Turkey, 29% indicated Russia, 10% indicated the United  States, 6% indicated Georgia, 4% indicated Israel, 3% each indicated  the EU, Ukraine, the UK, and Iran, 2% indicated Pakistan, and 1% each  indicated France, Kazakhstan, China, and Belarus. 3% each indicated  "nobody" and "I don't know."

When asked which countries they consider Armenia's most important  political partners, 43% of respondents named Russia, 42% named the  United States, 34% named Iran, 29% named the European Union, 27%  named France, 21% named China, 18% named Georgia, 6% named India, 4%  named the United Kingdom, 3% named Kazakhstan, 3% named Turkey, and  2% each named Azerbaijan and Ukraine. 2% gave a different answer,  another 3% were undecided, and the remaining 3% said "none."

At the same time, when asked what Armenia's foreign policy should be,  17% stated only pro-European and pro-Western. Another 32% of  respondents believe it should move toward the West but also maintain  relations with Russia, 24% believe it should be pro-Russian but  maintain relations with the EU and the West, 9% believe it should be  pro-Russian, 5% gave a different answer, and 13% were undecided.

Regarding Armenia's European path, 33% said they fully support  Armenia's EU membership, 39% said they partially support it, 14% said  they partially oppose it, 10% said they oppose it, and 4% said they  found it difficult to answer. Furthermore, 51% said they would vote  for EU membership if there were a referendum next Sunday, 13% said  they would vote against it, 32% said they would not participate in  the elections, and 4% said they found it difficult to answer.

The survey was conducted by the International Republican Institute  (IRI) Center for Survey Research and BREVIS (represented by IPSC  LLC). Data were collected from February 3 to 13, 2026, using  computer- aided telephone interviews (CATI). The sample consisted of  1,506 citizens of the Republic of Armenia over the age of 18 and  former residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, forcibly displaced from  Nagorno-Karabakh, who currently reside in Armenia (who may or may not  be citizens). Citizens who have lived in Armenia for less than six  months were not included in the sample. Telephone numbers were  selected using random digit dialing (RDD). The survey response rate  is 22%. The margin of error does not exceed +2.5 percentage points  for the entire sample. The sum of numbers in the graphs may differ  from 100 percent due to rounding.