Armenia's stance on Azerbaijan's accession to EAEU 'unchanged'November 20, 2017 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's position on Azerbaijan's possible accession to the European Economic Union is unchanged, foreign ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told PanARMENIAN.Net Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, November 20, that Moscow will be very pleased to see Azerbaijan in the EAEU. "Deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan recently expressed Armenia's stance on the issue," Balayan said. Kocharyan had in October said that Baku has not submitted a request for joining the Eurasian Economic Union, and when it does, Armenia's position will remain clear and simple. "There is even a contractual provision for becoming an observer according to which the state that steps up measures to the detriment of any member state and the whole structure cannot become an observer," Kocharyan said. Also, he stressed that blockade against a state harms that particular country from an economic point of view. "From that perspective, no observer status is possible, let alone membership," he said. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |