YEREVAN. – After September 3 Armenian side stated readiness to sign political part of agreement with EU, a diplomatic source told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The comments came following a statement of Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan.

In an interview with Azatutyun, Sargsyan said a new direction is pointed out, in relations with the European Union (EU), that it is possible to separately have a large political agreement between Armenia and the EU, and we are working with our European partners in this direction.

“The statement of Prime Minister must be considered in this context,” a source said.

On September 3 Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan voiced country's intention to join Customs Union. In response, the European side said it is impossible to combine participation in Association Agreement and Customs Union.