Center for Security Studies

Armenia Before and After Vilnius

Armenia Before and After Vilnius

Author(s): Mikhayel Hovhannisyan
Editor(s): Denis Dafflon, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 58
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2013

This article is an attempt to evaluate the situation and perspectives of further development for EU-Armenia relations after Armenia’s step back in signing the Association Agreement. The Vilnius Summit did not indicate any specific format of relations while the negotiations on Armenia’s joining the Russia-led Customs Union are progressing. The 'security issue' is articulated as the major reason for Armenia’s U-turn. Is this the end of Armenia’s foreign policy of complementarity, and what will follow these developments?

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