As is known, the final voting on the draft law on the start of Armenia's European Union (EU) accession process has been put off for a few weeks. And National Assembly (NA) speaker Alen Simonyan was asked Tuesday by reporters whether this postponement is due to geopolitical issues.

“No. There is nothing geopolitical,” Simonyan replied.

In response to the question whether the Armenian government intends to approve this bill, he said: “Of course, it intends to. Apart from the technical, there is nothing. The legislative initiative was from the public, we have voted in favor of it.”

Responding to concerns about the possible consequences, including Armenia might have to leave the Eurasian Economic Union, Simonyan said: “At this phase, no other option or anything else is being discussed. At this phase, only the [ruling majority] Civil Contract [Faction of the NA] has the decision to vote for it and will vote for [it] next time.”

Regarding a reporter’s remark that after the recent Donald Trump-Volodymyr Zelenskyy argument, the Armenian authorities have decided to reconsider their decision and take a step back, Simonyan was puzzled as to what the reason for drawing such parallels with Ukraine was.

“It has nothing to do with it. Now I am waiting for the visit of my colleague [Valentina] Matvienko [Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia]. On June 5-6, Mrs. Matvienko will arrive [in Armenia]. I gave the invitation during my first visit [to Russia]. It is an official visit,” the Armenian NA speaker said.

As for Armenia’s relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump, Simonyan assessed them as positive.

“We [i.e. Armenia] work with them, we have partnership relations, and we will continue to work,” he assured.

Also, the NA speaker emphasized that Armenia has never adopted a special approach toward the Democratic or Republican Parties of the US.

“We [i.e. Armenia] do not upset the balance in any way,” Alen Simonyan concluded.