Poland announces its assistance to Armenia in countering information  manipulation and foreign interference

ArmInfo. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the European External Action Service (EEA) and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), organized a conference and military exercise. The exercise focused on countering foreign information manipulation and interference in the context of the parliamentary  elections in Armenia.

According to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' press service,  the event, held March 23-25, 2026, was attended by representatives  from Armenia, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, EU institutions  and member states, as well as experts from think tanks, civil society  organizations, and the media. Participants learned how to respond to  hostile campaigns by developing communications strategies aimed at  countering hostile narratives and how to cooperate with partners from  public administration and the third sector.  This was the third such  exercise organized by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for  partner countries.  As part of the military exercises, participants  were able to jointly practice methods for identifying and countering  information manipulation and foreign interference. By simulating  real-life scenarios, they practiced responding to such threats using  integrated approaches at the government and societal levels.  By  organizing the exercises this year, Poland reaffirmed its commitment  to supporting Armenia and strengthened its position as a leader in  international efforts to counter information manipulation and foreign  interference.

Recall that Radio Liberty previously reported that it had obtained a  letter from Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to Brussels, in  which he "requested the dispatch of a rapid response team to Yerevan  to counter Kremlin disinformation and Russian interference in the  parliamentary elections in Armenia." In this regard, it was recalled  that the EU sent a similar team of approximately 20 people to  Chisinau during last year's parliamentary elections "to help the  Moldovan authorities identify and counter disinformation emanating  from Russia on social media." It should be added that the EU's top  diplomat, Kaja Kallas, previously announced the allocation of ?15  million to Armenia to "counter Russian propaganda." On March 4,  Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova expressed  Russia's readiness to send a similar European mission to Armenia if  Yerevan so desired.