Armenia Faces Strategic Choice: EU Membership or 'Soft and Intelligent Divorce' with Russia?

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the future of the republic's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should be decided not by him personally, but by the people of Armenia. "I say that the Armenian people must have an alternative (…) to be part of the EAEU or to be part of the European Union,” the politician said, 24news TV channel reports. Pashinyan stated that his task is to provide the people of the country with alternatives from which they can choose.