The Council of the European Union, the EU’s main decision-making body, endorsed a move July 22 to open talks with Armenia on visa-free travel. The process is expected to take years, but for Yerevan it provides a major incentive to continue its geopolitical pivot away from Russia towards the West. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan “welcomed the decision” to kickstart visa liberalization talks. Mirzoyan and Defense Minister Suren Papikyan additionally thanked Brussels for providing 10 million euros in non-lethal military assistance to Armenia within the framework of the European Peace Fa…