EU forging closer ties with Armenia as it sends experts to help counter Russian interference

Bloc's leaders to hold first summit with Armenia on Tuesday at it ramps up efforts to combat Kremlin's influence

The EU is sending a team of experts specialised in combating Russian propaganda and interference to Armenia, as it increases its support to the former Soviet republic in a tense political period.

In a highly symbolic sequence of events, EU leaders will hold their first summit with Armenia on Tuesday, after a pan-European gathering of about 45 leaders at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan.