Suppose they held a referendum for EU membership, and 95% of the people said they agree, then did we receive a certain impulse from the European Union that they say: you hold a referendum, we will open our doors to you?
Artur Khachatryan, deputy of the "Haystan" faction, said this during a briefing with journalists.
"I haven't seen any hint from the European Union that Armenia can become a member of the European Union in the foreseeable future. Let them not try to mislead the people that we should adopt this law, Armenia will become a member of the European Union not tomorrow. They are trying to mislead the people, let's say vote, Armenia will become a member of the European Union not tomorrow.
In this matter, Nikol Pashinyan seems to be telling a trivial truth.
Russia's response is another trivial truth, because you cannot be a member of a customs union and a union that is more political, but also created as a customs union, you cannot sit on two chairs at the same time.
Russia says what Pashinyan does not want to say.
This is a matter of leaving Russia, but where, I don't know, because west of Armenia is Turkey. Pashinyan, leaving Russia, leads to Turkey.
Fidan's latest statement, the statements of these authorities that Turkey can become a bridge between Armenia and the European Union, suggest this.
And that is when Turkey itself has been clawing at the doors of the European Union for 50 years, they say come next year. They are directly changing the foreign political vector and trying to replace Russian influence with Turkish influence," he said.
