UK will support Armenia against “threats of Russian retaliation”. British Deputy Defense Secretary James Heappie said that the UK recognizes Armenia's decision to freeze membership in the CSTO.

London will continue to work closely with Armenia “in search of opportunities to deepen cooperation,” he said. As Vladimir Olenchenko, an employee of the Center for European Studies at IMEMO RAS, explained, Western countries are planning to “drag” Armenia into European structures.