Azerbaijan could consider EEU membership after solving the Karabakh issue: FM

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has not excluded the perspective of Azerbaijan’s joining the Eurasian Economic Union, but only after the settlement of territorial disputes in Armenia, RIA Novosti reports.

ā€œNever say never. We should keep all perspective in mind,ā€ Mammadyarov said in an interview with Rossia 24.

According to him, the current Azerbaijani leadership is considering its foreign policy doctrine, proceeding from its

ā€œOne of the components of the Eurasian Economic Union is the free trade zone. But we can’t co-exist within this union with, say, Armenia. If the borders are opened, if there is a normalization of the situation, if there is an economic component between Armenia and Azerbaijan, who knows what will happen tomorrow.