Today, during the meeting of the Supreme Council of the EAEU, the 4 leaders of the EAEU adopted a statement on the EAEU membership and rapprochement agenda of the Republic of Armenia. According to Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, the statement was conveyed to the RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, who was participating in the session. You can read the announcement below.

“We, the Presidents of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation,

taking into account the actions of the Republic of Armenia aimed at joining the European Union, including the adoption by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia of the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On Starting the Process of Accession of the Republic of Armenia to the European Union” in 2025 and its signing by the President of the Republic of Armenia, as well as the confirmation by the European Union of the European aspirations of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, which was expressed in the joint declaration adopted on May 5, 2026, following the results of the first Armenia-European Union Summit,

bearing in mind the significant risks for the economic security of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the Union) arising from the preparation of the Republic of Armenia for joining the European Union, as well as the need to prevent damage to the member states of the Union;

We adopted a decision that the members of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation will report on the possible consequences of the suspension of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union to the Republic of Armenia at the next session of the Eurasian Economic Council to be held in December 2026.

We share the position that it is necessary to hold a national referendum in the Republic of Armenia as soon as possible on joining the European Union or remaining a member of the Eurasian Economic Union.”

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