The Eurasian Economic Union will not be able to exclude Armenia until it asks for it. This was announced today, May 21, by Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to the Armenian online edition aysor.am .

“The issue of Armenia’s withdrawal from the EAEU cannot be discussed until Armenia submits an appropriate application and expresses a desire, and we have not expressed such a desire, therefore, the issue of our exclusion cannot be considered,” Mirzoyan said.

According to him, Armenia will decide on issues related to cooperation with the EU and the EAEU when it deems it necessary.

“I can’t name any deadlines, such a problem is not on our agenda today,” he said.

Mirzoyan also rejected the freezing of Armenia’s membership in the EAEU.

As EADaily reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on April 1, noted that at the same time being in the EAEU and The EU is impossible. Prior to that, Pashinyan stated that withdrawal from the EAEU is not an end in itself for Armenia, but membership in the EU is an end in itself.

More details: https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/05/21/armenian-foreign-ministry-and-you-will-not-be-able-to-exclude-us-from-the-eaeu-until-we-want-to