EEU Institute director does not rule out the possibility of Turkey and Azerbaijan membership in EEU
ArmInfo. Turkey and Azerbaijan membership in EEU is not excluded, EEU Institute director Vladimir Lepekhin expressed such an opinion within the framework of Eurasian integration for Russia and Armenia in geopolitical context: challenges and prospects? conference.
According to him, recently foreign policy vector of Turkey has been changing, and Azerbaijan has objective prerequisites for closer cooperation with EEU. ?I do not exclude the version that Azerbaijan would follow EEU after Turkey,? Lepekhin stated. At that, he stressed that Turkey and Azerbaijan entrance to EEU can be only in case of Armenian agreement, within the right within the Union. ?When I say that it would not hinder EEU to integrate Azerbaijan, I mean the prospect. Now the situation for that is not favorable, Lepekhin noted.
To note, the conference is organized by the research-analytical Integration and Development public organization , by the faculty of International Relations of YSU, Eurasian expert club and National Fund of Support to social programs.