The draft law "On the launch of the process of accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union" has been put into circulation in the Parliament.

In late October, pro-Western political and civic groups seeking a referendum on Armenia’s membership in the European Union secured the necessary number of signatures to have the country’s parliament debate the initiative.

Armenian law requires the parliament to debate any initiative backed by at least 50,000 citizens. A petition signed by at least 300,000 Armenians must be put on a referendum.

The group known as Eurovote Armenia said in a statement back then that they had collected 60,000 votes ahead of the deadline.

In late November, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan commented on the petition, reminding of his speech at the European Parliament, where he declared that Armenia was ready to be as close to the EU as possible.