Moscow reacts calmly to Armenia’s aspirations to develop relations with the European Union, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Moscow.

He stated that  Russia views this process with understanding as any country seeks to gain maximum benefit from cooperation with third countries. The Russian President noted that such processes should be “clear and predictable”.

At the same time, Putin pointed out that it is impossible to simultaneously be part of the customs systems of both the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union.

“The issue is not even political in nature, but purely economic,” Putin said.