ArmInfo. What Russia is losing in the region in connection with Armenia is due to the actions of the Russian Federation, its withdrawal from the region and leaving Armenia alone. This was stated by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan on January 21 in a conversation with journalists in parliament, touching upon the approval by the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers of the draft law .
According to him, the process of joining the EU is the will of the Armenian people, which will be discussed in parliament, and then a decision will be made on it. At the same time, he believes that this decision should not cause concern for the Russian side. And if these are problems for the Russian Federation, then there is no problem that Yerevan and Moscow cannot discuss and find a solution to, he added. , he noted.
At the same time, Simonyan believes that it is wrong to look at the issue one-sidedly, since Russia itself has decided to leave the region and left Armenia to solve its problems alone. "You can't blame Armenia for trying to ensure its existence and security," he said.
On January 9, the Armenian government approved a draft law on the beginning of the process of joining the European Union, proposed by the civil initiative "Eurakve". The draft will soon be discussed in the Armenian parliament.
Armenia's accession to the European Union (EU) is incompatible with the country's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). If ties with the EAEU are curtailed, energy prices will rise and exports will decline in the republic, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk told reporters on the same day. He later noted that Moscow views Yerevan's decision to launch the process of joining the European Union (EU) as the beginning of Armenia's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). , the Russian Deputy Prime Minister noted.
