CHOLPON-ATA /Kyrgyzstan/, August 7. /TASS/. Armenia understands that simultaneous membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the European Union (EU) is impossible, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the extended meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

The fundamental principles of the EAEU are not being fully implemented, he said. At the same time, according to the Armenian premier, strengthening cooperation with EAEU countries is one of Armenia’s priorities.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by Pashinyan.

Focus on cooperation with EAEU

Strengthening cooperation with EAEU countries is "one of the foreign policy and foreign economic priorities" of Armenia: "This approach will also be reflected in the program of the new government that I have been entrusted to lead."