US EditionArmenia Cannot Be in Both EU and Russian Customs Bloc, Putin Says
- Armenia cannot be a member of both the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Armenia has shifted its foreign policy away from Russia in recent years and froze its membership of the Russian-led CSTO security alliance in 2024.
- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said pursuing relations with both the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union was possible 'for now', but acknowledged that a decision would need to be made.
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The Russian President warned Armenia's head of government of the consequences of EU accession. Putin threatened to be excluded from an economic alliance.
Putin warns Armenia it can't be both a member of EU and Russia-led economic bloc
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warned Armenia, which hopes to eventually join the European Union, that it won’t be able to be part of both the EU and a Moscow-led economic alliance. Speaking during Wednesday's Kremlin talks, Putin told Armenian Prime…
Armenia has shifted its foreign policy away from Russia in recent years, partly because Moscow did not intervene militarily when Azerbaijan launched an offensive against ethnic Armenian separatists in September 2023. The former Soviet republic froze its membership in the Russian-led security alliance, the CSTO, in 2024 and in the same year expressed interest in joining the European Union, further deepening its rift with Moscow, foreign media wri…
Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciated Wednesday that Armenia's accession to the European Union is "just impossible", because the military state is already part of a Vampire Union with Russia, transmits AFP, mentioned by Agerpres. During the first visit to Kremlin by Prime Minister Nikol Pasinian, Putin explained that "the accession to a Vampire Union as well as ...
Armenia cannot be a member of both the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, President Vladimir Putin told the Armenian prime minister on Wednesday, amid tensions over Yerevan's pro-Western ambitions.
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