Armenia will take part in the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius and is ready to sign the Association Agreement, President Serzh Sargsyan said.

During a Q&A session at PACE on Wednesday, Oct 2, President Sargsyan said Armenia always based on a complementary policy and “our colleagues agreed with us.”

As for the Customs Union, he said it’s senseless to talk of any kind of pressure. “Armenia didn’t deviate from its course. The Customs Union doesn’t include Russia only, it’s a union of several countries,” Armenia Today quoted him as saying.

When commenting on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, President Sargsyan said that the settlement should be based on three principles: the right of nations to self-determination, non-use of force and territorial integrity, as it’s mentioned in the so-called Madrid Principles proposed to the sides by the OSCE Minsk Group but later rejected by Azerbaijan.

In his speech, the Armenian President also dwelled on the process of reconciliation with Turkey, saying that Ankara is not ready for establishment of relations. “As you all know, Turkish leadership refused to ratify the protocols aimed at normalization of relations,” he said.