YEREVAN. – Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan met with the participants in the international media forum titled “At the Foot of Mount Ararat.”   

To note, the event is held between Thursday and Sunday in capital city Yerevan. 

The PM reflected on the Armenian government’s programs and policies, the Armenian diaspora, and the vision of the Armenian world. 

In Sargsyan’s words, ensuring security is of great importance for Armenia.

“I believe it is comprehensible why we decided to join the Customs Union and integrate into the Eurasian economic space. This enables [us] to build relations with Russia—our strategic partner and main investor—on a more fundamental platform, and allows for removing numerous limiting factors.   

“And if we do not join the Customs Union, this will create new boundaries between the business entities of Armenia and Russia. That is why a political decision was made that the economic development of our country must be within the framework of the Customs Union,” Sargsyan noted. 

In the Prime Minister’s words, Armenia also has deep and centuries-old roots 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. Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union. And in response to this development, the European Union had stated that the signing of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement is now doubtful.