86% of Armenian citizens do not consider themselves Europeans but Armenians, said Tevan Poghosyan, Executive Director of International Center for Human Development at the discussions organized by Civilitas foundation. According to him, soon the results of research conducted by his organization will be available for public.

Poghosyan stated that often the commitment to make reforms in the certain field or adopt a law remains ink on paper, as society is not ready to European integration. He underlined that Armenia made choice for EU in 1991 and should not glance back at Russia that opposes the idea. The expert is confident that it is necessary to be guided by national interests, but not shuffle everything off to friendship with Russia. The latter might forget about century- long friendship with Armenia or Belarus in the right time.

Meanwhile, Internews Armenia NGO director Nune Sargsyan expressed confidence that Russia is a constraining factor on Armenia’s way to European integration. She is sure that while choosing between Russia and Europe, Armenia should side with the latter.