MOSCOW. – Official Moscow is concerned by the fact that some European Union (EU) forces are attempting to impact the relations between Russia and the countries that are members in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)—which includes Armenia. Russian Federation (RF) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov stated this during the RF State Duma hearings. 

“We cannot be unconcerned by the fact that some forces in the EU are trying to drive a wedge between Russia and the CIS countries, by artificially forcing them to choose: ‘You are either with Moscow or [with] Brussels,’” he said.  

Meshkov also noted that according to the RF MFA, “If we are interested in ensuring stability and prosperity from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, there are no alternatives to merging the integration processes in Europe and in Eurasia,” RIA Novosti News Agency of Russia reports.