Dmitry Sorokin recalled that a special session on the situation in Ukraine was organized during the summit

Two European summits are being held in a country long considered Russia's closest ally in the region.

Leaders from throughout the EU and other countries met in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on May 4 for the the eighth summit of the European Political Community.

Dmitry Sorokin recalled that a special session on the situation in Ukraine was organized during the summit

Apart from that, according to the Armenian foreign ministry, Yerevan hosted a meeting between the Armenian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Andrey Sibiga

Nikol Pashinyan acknowledged that the decision to admit a country to the EU is a political one, and that Brussels could at any moment say that the EU no longer wants to expand

Andrey Bystritsky emphasized that the gathering was not meant to serve as a platform for decision-making