CSTO Secretary General: Dual Membership in EU and EAEU "highly  difficult"

ArmInfo.  The regulatory frameworks established within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) cannot be extended to members of the European Union, as stated by  Taalatbek Masadykov, Secretary General of the Collective Security  Treaty Organization (CSTO).

"It is highly difficult to be a member of the European Union and  simultaneously belong to the Eurasian Economic Union. This is because  the laws, customs barriers, and import-export regulations are  frameworks specifically created for EAEU member states," Masadykov  said following a meeting of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Defense.

He emphasized that it is impossible "to simultaneously establish  conditions for a state to be in both the European Union" and the  EAEU. "Ultimately, of course, the choice lies with the people of  Armenia and the Armenian leadership," Masadykov added, as reported by  TASS. 

Recall, Armenia is currently boycotting events held within the CSTO  framework. In February 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  stated that Armenia had effectively frozen its participation in the  CSTO because the organization failed to fulfill its obligations to  the Republic—a stance he warned would have consequences. Furthermore,  during the second World Armenian Summit on September 18, 2024,  Pashinyan declared that the CSTO poses a direct threat to Armenia's  security, future existence, sovereignty, and statehood.