The US and Europe are concerned about how Armenia helps Russia circumvent sanctions and delivers prohibited goods to Russia through re-export, Report informs referring to an article by The New York Times.
“As the documents from the March meeting show, US and European officials have become increasingly concerned that Russia is obtaining American and European goods by rerouting them through Armenia, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries,” reads the article.
One document marked with the seal of the US Bureau of Industry and Security said that in 2022, Armenia imported 515 percent more chips and processors from the United States and 212 percent more from the European Union than in 2021.
“Armenia then exported 97 percent of those same products to Russia, the document said,” the report noted.