YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARTSAKHPRESS. Armenia is interested in deepening cooperation with the European Union, ARTSAKHPRESS.reports, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced during “Armenia’s democracy in the troubled region: Security and stability needs” discussion held at the Prague Center for Transatlantic Relations, addressing the issue of cooperation with the EU.
“Armenia is generally in a very delicate situation. We are under siege. There are many doubts about Armenia. Many in the West think that we are a Russian proxy country and government. Many in the East think that we are a pro-Western government with pro-Western policies,” Pashinyan said.
The Prime Minister mentioned that some of Armenia’s neighbors are lobbying for those two positions, they go to the West, saying that Armenia is a close ally of Russia and that whatever they do against Russia, they should also do against Armenia, the next day they fly to Moscow and say that the Prime Minister of Armenia cooperates very closely with the EU, is implementing an agenda of democratic reforms, and that the Prime Minister of Armenia is diverting Armenia from the East to West.
“We act as transparently as possible and, of course, we are interested in deepening our cooperation with the EU. And to be honest, inviting an EU monitoring mission to Armenia was not an easy decision, because it does not provide any security guarantee, on the one hand, it can cause new challenges, and on the other hand, it is very important for us to stay focused in order to maintain international attention towards our region.” said the Prime Minister.
Pashinyan noted that after the events in Ukraine, international attention was almost completely focused on Ukraine. And it creates risks of instability in the South Caucasus region.
