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Even Basic EU Integration Would Trigger Armenia’s Exit From EAEU – Expert
Even Basic EU Integration Would Trigger Armenia’s Exit From EAEU – Expert
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During a recent phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin likely reiterated the message he delivered in Kazakhstan: it's either the EU or the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), political scientist Evgeny Semibratov tells Sputnik.
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Putin held a phone conversation with Pashinyan on June 1. The Russian president congratulated the Armenian prime minister on his birthday, the Kremlin press service statement said. "[The Russian] president is strictly following diplomatic protocol. The Republic of Armenia and Russia are still, at least for now, in a military-political and trade-economic alliance," Semibratov says. Pashinyan's plan to integrate Armenia into the EU undermines the interests of all producers in the EAEU, the pundit highlights. The EAEU is a rapidly developing economic integration organization covering more than 20 million square kilometers (14% of the world’s land area), with a population of 185.9 million people.On May 29, during a press briefing in Kazakhstan at the end of his visit, Putin warned that leaving the EAEU would deprive Armenia of free trade agreements and other advantages.
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Even Basic EU Integration Would Trigger Armenia’s Exit From EAEU – Expert
During a recent phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin likely reiterated the message he delivered in Kazakhstan: it's either the EU or the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), political scientist Evgeny Semibratov tells Sputnik.
Putin held a phone conversation with Pashinyan on June 1. The Russian president congratulated the Armenian prime minister on his birthday, the Kremlin press service statement said.
"[The Russian] president is strictly following diplomatic protocol. The Republic of Armenia and Russia are still, at least for now, in a military-political and trade-economic alliance," Semibratov says.
"As for the policy being pursued by Pashinyan, we see a clear attempt to sit on multiple chairs," the pundit continues. "Even basic forms of integration with the EU, even signing the so-called EU association agreement, would automatically mean Armenia’s exclusion from the EAEU."
Pashinyan's plan to integrate Armenia into the EU undermines the interests of all producers in the EAEU, the pundit highlights.
The EAEU is a rapidly developing
economic integration organization covering more than 20 million square kilometers (14% of the world’s land area), with a population of 185.9 million people.
On May 29, during a press briefing in Kazakhstan at the end of his visit, Putin warned that leaving the EAEU would deprive Armenia of free trade agreements and other advantages.
