Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission: opposition EU-EAEU is harmful to Armenia

ArmInfo. The opposition of the 

EU and the EAEU to Armenia is harmful. I can say that the agreement 

that is being prepared for signing with the EU is not the result of 

opposing, but combining these two integration projects. Armen 

Ashotyan, chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, 

expressed this opinion during a round table organized by the Armenian 

Institute of International Affairs and Security.  "We do not stand at 

the crossroads between West and East, we stand on the bridge 

connecting the West and the East." In this light, I urge all not to 

exaggerate the implications of the agreement that is being signed 

with Europe.  "For Armenia this is not a goldfish capable of solving 

all our problems, for further, fruitful work," he said.

Ashotyan considers the softening of the position of the current 

European Commission regarding the agreement being prepared for 

signing with Armenia obvious. According to him, the position of the 

former European Commission was much tougher and in fact pursued the 

achievement of purely geopolitical goals aimed against Russia.

According to him, the signing of the Agreement with the EU for 

Armenia is all the more important, given the vague future of the EU's 

Eastern Partnership project. According to his estimates, the "EP" is 

now in deep crisis, as European countries lost interest in the 

project. In this light, Ashotyan considers the formulation of the 

direct, Armenia-EU own agenda of necessity a necessity.

November 24, 2017 at the Brussels summit of the "Eastern Partnership" 

Armenia plans to sign a partnership document on the partnership with 

the EU, which was initialed on March 21 - the Agreement on 

Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. The Council of Foreign 

Ministers of the EU initiated the relevant talks on October 12, 2015 

in Luxembourg.