YEREVAN. - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) doesn’t think that the withdrawal from the EAEU is timely and sees no such prospect, Armenian National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Hermine Naghdalyan told journalists after the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Executive Body session.

“We don’t think that the withdrawal from the EAEU is timely and we see no such prospect. This is a narrow and unjustified thinking. I guess, the accusations addressed to the EAEU are a little misplaced. We understand the implications of trying to sow anti-EAEU intentions,” she said.

Naghdalyan also noted that in such a short period of time the Union hasn’t yet been finally established so that its members can enjoy climate of cooperation and dedication to each other. “The states which have initiated this Union and which are moving forward in establishing it, have various interests, various friends and mentality. I’d like to remind the biography of the European Union: having been established in the early 50s, that union worked in the climate of conflict of interests for 3-4 decades”.

Referring to PM Hovik Abrahamyan’s visit to Moscow after moving the EAEU meeting from Yerevan, Naghdalyan said that this was a necessary step.

“I don’t think that Hovik Abrahamyan’s visit received much criticism. I think the criticism followed one source: these were the powers which have an opposite orientation. It was indeed correct and necessary to go, participate and later present our positions and preferences through active work. Our Russian colleague’s withdrawal from the meeting wasn’t pleasant for us, but I’d like to inform that an agreement has been reached with Hovik Abrahamyan to hold the [next] session in Yerevan on May 20. This shows that instead of forming sulky positions, we must try to be understood by our partners,” Naghdalyan said.