Russian MFA: Armenia's interest in EU membership causes concern

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Yerevan /Mediamax/. Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of European Affairs, Vladislav Maslennikov, stated that "the Armenian leadership is clearly signaling its interest in maximum rapprochement with the European Union.
58% : " "Russia respects the sovereign right of other states to participate in integration associations, and even more so their desire to gain additional opportunities for economic development and improving the welfare of their populations.
56% : This is clearly demonstrated by the example of the Western Balkan states, which have been 'waiting in line for the European Union for decades,'" Vladislav Maslennikov noted.
49% : I also hope that Yerevan realizes that even full compliance with Brussels' requirements does not guarantee EU membership.
48% : However, in the context of Brussels' strategic course of confrontation with Russia and the rapid transformation of the EU into an aggressive military-political bloc, Armenia's interest in joining this organization cannot but cause concern," the Russian diplomat said in an interview with TASS.
44% : The fact remains that simultaneous membership in the EAEU and the EU is impossible by definition.

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