“Simultaneous membership in the customs unions of the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union is impossible. It is simply impossible by definition,” Putin emphasized during a meeting in the Kremlin with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
“We understand that every country seeks to derive maximum benefit from cooperation with third countries, but this must be clear, honest and agreed upon from the very beginning,” the Russian president added.
Armenia, a former Soviet republic in the Caucasus with a population of about 2.7 million, joined the Eurasian Economic Union, an alliance dominated by Russia, in 2015.
However, for more than two years, Yerevan has shown signs of growing distrust of Moscow, a historic ally that has long sold it arms and still maintains a military base on Armenian territory.
Armenia reproaches the Kremlin for not providing sufficient support in the conflict with Azerbaijan, especially during the Karabakh wars in 2020 and 2023, writes France Presse.
In the spring of last year, the Armenian Parliament passed a law with the aim of opening negotiations on accession to the European Union.
(Vijesti.ba)
