# Top Russian security official comments on Western plans in South Caucasus, Armenia crisis

https://mins.news/en/item/62678

- TASS, 2026-09-17 13:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189077

> Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said Western countries seek to exploit the South Caucasus’s resources and weaken Russia’s influence there. He criticized Armenia’s drive to deepen cooperation with NATO and what he called its “consumerist attitude” toward the EAEU and CSTO.

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