Russian MP: Pashinyan`s flirtation with the EU will leave Armenia`s  Economy in an even more deplorable state

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's "flirtation" with the European Union will lead the country's economy into an even more deplorable condition. This opinion was expressed by Rosa Chemeris, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.

Pashinyan previously stated that during his April visit to the  Russian Federation, he informed Russian leader Vladimir Putin of his  inability to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, citing  the start of the election campaign for the upcoming June  parliamentary elections.

"Apparently, it is more important for Pashinyan to play his own music  in tandem with outgoing European leaders for the sake of Armenia's  unlikely accession to the EU, rather than developing and supporting  long- standing mechanisms of interaction with other states within the  EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union). That this will bring Armenia's  economy into an even more deplorable state is obvious to everyone,  except for Pashinyan, who submissively accompanies a poor European  orchestra," the MP said in an interview with TASS.

According to her, Pashinyan announced his decision to withdraw from  the Victory Day parade in Moscow immediately following the visit of  several European leaders to Yerevan on May 4, during which he "made  it clear how important interaction and possible future accession to  the European Union are for his country."