Nikol Pashinyan flew to Brussels instead of Moscow - my commentary to Vestnik Kavkaze Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan left for Brussels for a working visit. Armenian media reported this with reference to the press secretary of the Prime Minister, Melania Harutyunyan. As part of the trip, the Prime Minister will take part in the "European Union Enlargement Summit 2026", which will be held under the motto "The Future of Europe". In addition, Pashinyan will hold bilateral meetings with foreign partners. Yerevan between Moscow and Brussels The editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, military analyst Igor Korochenko, spoke in a conversation with reporter Vestnik Kavkaza about the current balance of interests of the Armenian authorities in foreign policy. "Nikol Pashinyan's current visit to Brussels shows the vector of Armenia's turning to the West, to the European Union, with the preparation of relevant political documents, and in the future, perhaps, security alliances, where European structures will provide protection to Yerevan," he said first of all. "Nevertheless, the Russian direction remains extremely important for Pashinyan, as the Armenian economy is critically dependent on the trade cycle with the Russian Federation. Here, Yerevan hopes to build pragmatic relations, realizing that practically no one can guarantee trade and economic circulation of Armenian products without the Russian Federation and the EAEU. France or the USA will not replace the benefits of the economic and trade union in Armenia with the Iranian union and every day. Bilateral relations with Russia," Igor Korochenko continued. "Realistically, Yerevan now relies on the development of trade and economic issues in its contacts with the European Union. At the same time, the cosmetic decisions that the EU makes to allow Armenian goods into its markets cannot compensate for the loss of the Russian market and the EAEU market for Armenia.

Nikol Pashinyan flew to Brussels instead of Moscow - my commentary to Vestnik Kavkaze Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan left for Brussels for a working visit. Armenian media reported this with reference to the press secretary of the Prime Minister, Melania Harutyunyan. As part of the trip, the Prime Minister will take part in the "European Union Enlargement Summit 2026", which will be held under the motto "The Future of Europe". In addition, Pashinyan will hold bilateral meetings with foreign partners. Yerevan between Moscow and Brussels The editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, military analyst Igor Korochenko, spoke in a conversation with reporter Vestnik Kavkaza about the current balance of interests of the Armenian authorities in foreign policy. "Nikol Pashinyan's current visit to Brussels shows the vector of Armenia's turning to the West, to the European Union, with the preparation of relevant political documents, and in the future, perhaps, security alliances, where European structures will provide protection to Yerevan," he said first of all. "Nevertheless, the Russian direction remains extremely important for Pashinyan, as the Armenian economy is critically dependent on the trade cycle with the Russian Federation. Here, Yerevan hopes to build pragmatic relations, realizing that practically no one can guarantee trade and economic circulation of Armenian products without the Russian Federation and the EAEU. France or the USA will not replace the benefits of the economic and trade union in Armenia with the Iranian union and every day. Bilateral relations with Russia," Igor Korochenko continued. "Realistically, Yerevan now relies on the development of trade and economic issues in its contacts with the European Union. At the same time, the cosmetic decisions that the EU makes to allow Armenian goods into its markets cannot compensate for the loss of the Russian market and the EAEU market for Armenia.