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Armenian historian and political analyst Armen Ayvazyan calls for deep strategic ties with Iran, France and India amid fresh security threats facing the county after Azerbaijan's seizure of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

In a social media post on Monday, he urged the Armenian leadership to immediately sign a mutual defense assistance treaty with Iran, France and India and insisted on major Armenian-Iranian, Armenian-French and Armenian-Indian land and air exercises in Armenia.

Ayvazyan defended the nation-army model to boost the combat-readiness of reserve forces and the militia.

“The Armenian army needs to be replenished with high-quality (partially Armenian-made) weapons and ammunition,” the analyst wrote, stressing the need to sharply increase the defense capacity of Syunik Province and other border regions of Armenia.

“All that remains is to form a government that would fully deal with these vital issues. It is a matter of life and death,” he added.