Pashinyan Refused To Go To The EAEU Summit
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This came after Putin's statements about the "Ukrainian scenario" for Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will send his deputy Mher Grigoryan to the EAEU summit to be held in Astana on May 28-29. "I informed the Russian president [Vladimir Putin] about this during his visit to Russia in April. I also informed the president of Kazakhstan [Kasym-Jomart Tokayev] about my decision," Pashinyan himself said on Monday (quoted by News.am). The Armenian prime minister explained that he would not attend the summit due to campaigning ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and a military parade scheduled for May 28.
Two days ago, after the Victory Day parade in Moscow, which the Armenian prime minister also skipped, Putin made a sharp statement regarding the republic gradually "breaking away" from Russia. He said that Yerevan should hold a referendum on joining the European Union and leaving the EAEU. Only then will the two countries be able to follow "the path of a soft, intelligent and mutually beneficial divorce," Putin emphasized, recalling the fate of Ukraine, the conflict with which began precisely after the latter's attempt to join the EU. Pashinyan told reporters that Armenia is not going to put the issue of EAEU membership to a plebiscite now.
According to him, Yerevan will take such a step only when there is an objective necessity. There is no such need now. "We respect all EAEU partners, as well as our participation in the Union," Pashinyan said.
The prime minister also noted that he disagrees with the wording of "divorce" voiced by Putin. "We confuse interstate relations with marriage. Armenia in interstate relations is guided by interstate logic. We are full-fledged members of the EAEU. And as long as we are members of the EAEU, we fully participate in making all decisions," he said.
Pashinyan added that Armenia has not and will not have a goal to harm Russia's interests, and his relations with Putin are based on mutual trust. The two leaders discuss sensitive issues in a calm respectful and friendly atmosphere on the basis of arguments and facts, the Prime Minister said.
"I will continue this logic. I express my respect to both the Russian president and Russia. At the same time, we will also move forward within the framework of the law on deepening relations with the EU and EU membership, i.e. on the path of democratic reforms," Pashinyan emphasized. He added that in relations with Moscow "an inevitable transformation is taking place" and that in foreign policy he will continue to be "guided by Armenia's state interests."
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