Armenia actively cooperating with the EU to counter hybrid threats. Nikol Pashinyan

Armenia has launched active and close cooperation with the European Union aimed at countering hybrid threats.

As reported by Armenpress, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made this statement on November 10 during a panel discussion entitled “Standing Firm: Sovereignty in the Age of Hybrid Threats,” held as part of the 9th Paris Peace Forum.

Addressing the issue of disinformation, Pashinyan noted that transparency can serve as a highly reliable tool for preventing it, since in open societies, where information is accessible, it is much more difficult to impose disinformation.

“Of course, there are numerous challenges and side effects associated with transparency. It is very easy to formulate the principle, but many challenges arise during its implementation. As for cybersecurity in general, cybersecurity tools and systems must be established and continuously developed, because it is evident that disinformation and hybrid threat tools are evolving much faster than we had anticipated,” Pashinyan emphasized.

According to him, international cooperation is particularly important in this context, as sharing experience, capabilities, and knowledge is of great significance.

“If something has already happened somewhere, it will certainly happen elsewhere as well. We need to be informed in advance, and I believe this will help us prepare for similar situations. I think that one possible approach, as an idea, would be to establish a common information-sharing platform where we could exchange information about incidents, discuss whether the situation was successfully managed and, if so, how. This could be useful for all participants and all countries,” he said.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and President of North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova also took part in the discussion.