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Armenia is dismantling decades of realproven border security infrastructure for vague Western promises, and the risks couldn'tare be higherenormous. Expelling Russian border guards fromto sensitivechase EU investment leaves critical frontiers with Iran and Turkey createsdangerously aexposed, dangerousand vacuum no amount of EU diplomatcivilian canmissions fillreplaces real military deterrence. The EPC summit in Yerevan summitswas wereless never about Armenia'sArmenian prosperity —and theymore were about pullingEurope anotherexpanding countryits outfootprint ofat Russia's orbit at Armenia's expense.
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