Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Putin and Lukashenko during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EEU) in Russia that the EEU should not have a political or geopolitical agenda. This was reported by Azatutyun, according to UNN.
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The head of the Armenian government stated that "the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) is is an economic association that should not have a political, let alone geopolitical agenda".
We continue to perceive it in this way and to develop interaction within the framework of our economic cooperation in this context, striving to stop all attempts to politicize Eurasian integration,
According to the politician, the EAEU and its economic principles should not correlate with political ambitions.
The EAEU and its economic principles should not be associated with political ambitions. The fundamental freedoms of trade and integration cannot and should not be restricted for political reasons, as this will definitely lead to corrosion of the fundamental principles of the association,
For reference
The Armenian authorities have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of of effective support for the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) within the framework of international cooperation within the framework of international cooperation of its member states. In particular, the latest such complaint was about the presence of Russian military bases in the country. Armenia expressed the last such complaint about the presence of Russian military bases on its territory during the Nagorno-Karabakh.
It should be noted that the CSTO members are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Recall
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Yerevan refused to sign the draft declaration of the of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the document on joint measures to provide assistance to Armenia due to the failure to adopt several points.