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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that relations between Armenia and the European Union have changed significantly in recent years.
During a meeting with experts at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin, addressing a question about relations between Armenia and the European Union, Pashinyan recalled that in March 2025, the Armenian parliament adopted a law on launching the process of Armenia’s accession to the European Union.
“It is also very important to note how this happened. A civil initiative was launched in Armenia in accordance with the relevant provision of the Constitution, which stipulates that if citizens collect 50,000 signatures, they can submit a draft law to parliament for consideration. If parliament rejects that draft law, they can return, collect an additional 250,000 signatures, and in that case, the draft law can be put to a referendum for adoption. At that time, our party decided to adopt that law. Now we have adopted a law on launching the process of Armenia’s accession to the European Union. However, relations between Armenia and the European Union have changed significantly in recent years, and we now mutually acknowledge that these relations are at their highest level in history,” the Prime Minister said.
He noted that the first Armenia-EU summit was held in Yerevan in May this year and that Armenia and the EU had previously signed a document establishing a strategic partnership.
“This is the reality. To be honest, I would say that we feel very comfortable in our relations with the European Union. By the way, Armenia is the only country currently negotiating visa liberalization with the European Union,” Pashinyan said.
He also recalled that the EU had provided assistance to Armenia through the European Peace Facility and sent a civilian monitoring mission to Armenia to monitor the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.