YEREVN, September 20, ARMENPRESS. Armenia is ready to develop and expand relations with the EU and go as far, as the EU itself is ready for. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian stated this while answering a question to what extent Armenia’s accession to the EEU will hamper in our country’s relations with the EU. The question was put forward at the course of the meeting with the participants of the 5th Homeland-Diaspora conference.

As reports “Armenpress”, among other things, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian underscored: “We have always stated that we are ready to expand, develop, and strengthen our relations with the EU and go as far as the EU itself is ready for. Notwithstanding, this must not happen at the expense of our allied and strategic relations with Russia and not at the expense of our desire to be engaged in other integration processes.”