YEREVAN. – The format of Armenia’s participation in the meeting of the prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries, and which will be convened on Wednesday in Moscow, is discussed behind the scenes of the Armenian authorities, according to Hraparak daily newspaper.

“There are three options. [PM] Hovik Abrahamyan will attend and make a harsh statement [regarding the cancelation of this meeting being held in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan]. [Deputy PM and Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms] Vache Gabrielyan will attend and [likewise] make a harsh statement. Third, we will not attend.

“The [Armenian] authorities rule out the last [option] because EAEU ‘Prime Minister’ [and Armenia’s former PM] Tigran Sargsyan, who was in Armenia, was having meetings at all levels. Here at us they believe that it would not be right to ‘spoil’ the first meeting of Sargsyan, and Hovik Abrahamyan should attend [it] and make a statement.

“Moreover, during Tigran Sargsyan’s appointment [as Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, which is the executive body of the EAEU], Russian officials have given him pledges support saying, ‘your problem is our problem.’

“By the way, there is already an arrangement that the next meeting of the EAEU will be in Yerevan, in May,” Hraparak wrote.

The EAEU comprises Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.