Armenian Deputy: The way to Europe for Armenia is non-alternative and  irreversible 

ArmInfo.Despite the membership in the EEU, the way to Europe for Armenia is still uncontested and irreversible, Edmond Marukyan, a member of the Yelq parliamentary fraction, said at the conference "Armenia-EU Relations and Their  Prospects" in Yerevan.

"Some Armenian politicians, trying to justify the fact of Armenia's  joining the EEU, stated that the republic had no alternative to this.  It was also stated that membership in the EEU for trade and economic  cooperation with the EU is not an obstacle. EEU was tried to be  presented as the guarantor of Armenian security. I can say that all  the statements were false", he said.

Marukyan believes that membership in the EEU has tied Armenia's  hands, since Yerevan is no longer able to sign agreements on economic  cooperation on its own, for example, how recently Georgia and China  did, but only within the framework of the EEU. An alternative to the  EEU for Armenia, according to his estimates, was and is the  integration with the European Union. As for security, for example,  only the sale of Russian weapons to Azerbaijan after Armenia's  membership in the EEU significantly increased. And the hot April of  last year, in the opinion of Marukyan, finally dispelled the last  myth.

"Armenia's security can be protected only by Armenia itself, and it  is naive to expect that it will be provided by someone else, for  this, Armenia needs a strong, liberal economy capable in its turn to  stop migration and facilitate the return of citizens to Armenia.  Exclusively within the framework of one logic - moving in the  direction of Europe," the parliamentarian summed up.