Ashotyan made the comment at the Armenia-Diaspora forum, in response to a question from the audience on how he would vote if the EEU membership issue were to be put in the agenda.
Levon Aronian vs. Maxim Lagrave ended in a draw in the semi-final qualifiers for the Chess World Cup in Tbilisi.
He said in order to join NATO the consent of all member states is necessary.
“The EEU is a very simple economic platform, it is a club where five countries have agreed upon the rules of working in it. And the indicators which we are publishing – exports, imports, economic growth, are the very consequence of this policy”, he said.
The bomb threat was revealed to be false.
“Let’s say it this way, allow me not to comment on the opinions of individuals. Ask me when an official HHK opinion will be made. Have you heard an official opinion from the party?”, the PM said.
President Sahakyan emphasized the role of the Armenian Assembly of America in supporting in diverse directions acknowledging its patriotic and highly professional activity.
Responding to strong Congressional pressure, the US Trump Administration has officially withdrawn its controversial proposal to allow the sale of U.S. semi-automatic handguns to Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s security detail, which, in May of this year, made international headlines by attacking peaceful American protesters in Washington, DC, Asbarez reported citing the Armenian National Committee of America.
The US Congressional delegation has arrived in Armenia on September 17 by the initiative of Armenian-American congresswoman Jackie Kanchelian Speier.
According to the German news magazine Der Spiegel the Ambassador was summoned over the Bundestag resolution adopted in 2016 on recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
