Armenia opposes Azerbaijan's EEU membership even as observerOctober 12, 2017 - 14:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Baku has not submitted a request for joining the Eurasian Economic Union, and when it does, Armenia's position will remain clear and simple, deputy foreign minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters on Thursday, October 12, Aysor.am reports. "There is even a contractual provision for becoming an observer according to which the state thatsteps up measures to the detriment of any member state and the whole structure cannot become and observer," Kocharyan said. Also, he stressed that blockade against a state harms that particular countryfrom an economic point of view. "From that perspective, no observer status is possible, let alone membership," he said. Earlier,advisor to the president of the Russia Sergey Glazyev had said that Azerbaijan's possible accession to the EEU depends on Armenia's decision. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |