Armenia has expressed its desire to become a candidate for accession to the European Union

Armenia will move in the direction that will provide it with maximum security. The country is ready to deepen relations with the European Union and become a candidate for membership in it. This was announced by the speaker of the parliament of the republic Alen Simonyan.

Simonyan also said that being a democratic country is Armenia's greatest security system. Recently, the speaker of the Armenian parliament said that Russian border guards should leave Zvartnoy airport in Yerevan.

The day before, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that his country has no choice but to move towards Europe. He also repeatedly criticized the military-political bloc CSTO, which is under Russian influence, and announced the freezing of Armenia’s participation in it.

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