Azerbaijan may join Putin’s EEU if Armenia withdraws from Karabakh
26.05.2015 12:10
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has said his country may consider joining the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union if Armenia ends its occupation of Azerbaijani territory.
In an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan can’t "co-exist” with Armenia at the Customs Union as long as the country continues its occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan.
"Never say never,” Mammadyarov said. "We may consider joining EEU if Armenia pulls its troops out.”
Armenia captured nearly one-fifth of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory during a war after the Soviet breakup in 1991.
While major hostilities ended with a ceasefire in 1994, no peace agreement has been signed.
The Azerbaijani foreign minister yesterday visited Moscow, where he met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and other officials.
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