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If Armenia decided to follow EU path, then it should be expelled from EEU, deprived of benefits

Aleksey Zhuravlyov, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma and Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the Duma Committee on the CIS, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots

© APA | Aleksey Zhuravlyov, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma and Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the Duma Committee on the CIS, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots

09 January 2025 17:26 (UTC +04:00)

In the European Union, only death can await Armenia, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma, said, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.

According to him, geographically, Armenia has no connection with either Europe or NATO.

"Nobody needs Yerevan in the European Union, and all these promises are used to lure Armenia to a place where death most likely awaits it," the Russian parliamentarian emphasized.

Zhuravlyov added that the fact that the Armenian authorities approved the draft law on the start of the country's accession to the European Union does not mean anything. According to the deputy, a decision on this issue can only be made through a referendum.

Leonid Kalashnikov, Chairman of the Duma Committee on the CIS, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, noted that if Armenia decided to follow the path of integration into Europe, then it should be expelled from the Eurasian Economic Union and deprived of the benefits it gained thanks to the Union.