BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 29. Members of the
Supreme Eurasian Economic Council adopted a joint statement
concerning the assessment of the possible consequences of the
suspension of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union in relation
to Armenia, Trend
reports via the official website of Kremlin.


President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko,
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,
President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, and President of
the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed the document.


​The statement reads:


​"We, the Presidents of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of
Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Russian Federation,


taking into account the actions of the Republic of Armenia aimed
at joining the European Union, including the approval in 2025 by
the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the signing by
the President of the Republic of Armenia of the Law of the Republic
of Armenia 'On the Commencement of the Process of the Republic of
Armenia's Accession to the European Union,' as well as the
confirmation by the European Union of the European aspirations of
the Government of the Republic of Armenia, expressed in the joint
declaration on the results of the first Armenia–European Union
summit adopted on May 5, 2026,


considering the substantial risks to the economic security of
the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter
referred to as the Union) arising in connection with the
preparation of the Republic of Armenia for accession to the
European Union, as well as the need to prevent associated damage to
the member states of the Union:


Have resolved that the members of the Eurasian Intergovernmental
Council from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan,
the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Russian Federation will report at the
next meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in December
2026 on the potential consequences of suspending the Treaty on the
Eurasian Economic Union in respect to the Republic of Armenia.


We share the position on the need to hold a nationwide
referendum in the Republic of Armenia as soon as possible regarding
accession to the European Union or remaining within the Eurasian
Economic Union."