Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia

AdoptedReference RC-B9-0163/2024Foreign affairs

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left37

2315879%

S&D140

1080032100%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 504 votes to 4, with 32 abstentions, a resolution 2024 on closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and ECR groups.The Armenian economy is still largely dependent on Russia, which accounts for around 35 % of Armenia’s foreign trade, and its dependence is particularly pronounced in the strategic energy sector. Russia continues to access restricted EU goods through supply chains running through third countries, including Armenia. Following the introduction of EU sanctions on Russia, exports from Armenia to Russia tripled in 2022 and doubled between January and August 2023…