Turkish base fake news in Armenia
For several days, a video has been circulating on social media claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan allegedly signed a “secret agreement” with EU backing. The authors of the fake report claim he agreed to the deployment of a Turkish military base in Armenia.
The video provides no evidence to support the allegation.
The video first appeared on X and quickly spread across the platform. At least 15 accounts with 200,000-800,000 followers each shared it
Journalists from Factor TV contacted the Armenian prime minister’s office and were told the video about the military base was ‘yet another fabricated video.’ The media outlet’s fact-checkers also carried out a detailed analysis of the footage and presented their findings.
According to their findings:
“Video about deployment of Turkish military base in Armenia is fake. It was not published by DRM News. Claims presented in it are not confirmed by other sources, and Armenian government denies signing any such agreement,” Factor TV’s fact-checkers concluded.
It cites unnamed European diplomats and claims that Armenian authorities signed a secret agreement allowing Türkiye to establish a military base near Gyumri, the second-largest city in the country.
The video further states that, at an initial...
Turkish base fake news in Armenia For several days, a video has been circulating on social media claiming that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan allegedly signed a “secret agreement” with EU ...