Armenia's 2013 decision to join a Russian-led bloc and failure to sign a far-reaching agreement with the European Union was not an abrupt foreign policy U-turn, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian claimed on Wednesday.
Nalbandian said that the EU itself unexpectedly changed course and forced Armenia to choose between deeper integration with Europe and Russia. He blamed the 28-nation union for the collapse of an Association Agreement which was all but finalized by Brussels and Yerevan in the summer of 2013.
The EU cancelled the agreement after President Serzh Sarkisian announced in September 2013 his decision to seek Armenia's accession to Russia's trade alliance with Belarus and Kazakhstan, which was subsequently transformed into the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
Armenian News
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