Six months ago, it looked like Armenia had made a final, definitive choice to align itself with Russia rather than the European Union.
But now the government in Yerevan seems to be reaching out to Brussels again and seeking something like the kind of Association Agreement that it abandoned nearly two years ago – and officials insist that Moscow is comfortable with this.
Armenia’s renewed interest in closer relations with the European Union was reflected by President Serzh Sargsyan’s presence at the May 20-21 European Partnership summit in Riga, also attended by the leaders of other former Soviet states like Ukraine, Georgia …read more