YEREVAN. – The intention to join the Customs Union is the historic defeat of Armenia, stated Anush Sedrakyan, opposition Free Democrats Party Vice-Chairwoman, during a press conference on Wednesday.

“If we repeat the same historical mistake yet again, we will have numerous problems in connection with statehood, since statehood is under a threat from the inside, [and] not from the outside,” she noted.   

Sedrakyan added that Armenia will be doomed if it chooses the path of development of cooperation with Russia.  

To note, following the talks that were held on September 3 in Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union.