{"id":312636,"date":"2026-11-12T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=312636"},"modified":"2026-11-12T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:18:05","slug":"matviyenko-armenias-decision-on-the-eaeu-will-not-affect-the-blocs-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/312636\/","title":{"rendered":"Matviyenko: Armenia\u2019s decision on the EAEU will not affect the bloc\u2019s stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Yerevan stands to lose a great deal if it decides to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko made the remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/politika\/28310207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TASS<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ultimately, it is Armenia&rsquo;s sovereign right to decide whether or not to remain a member of the CSTO. I believe that if it chooses to leave, Armenia will lose a great deal,&rdquo; she stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Matviyenko said that Yerevan cannot join the European Union while simultaneously remaining a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), as membership in the two blocs is incompatible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the leaders speak openly and frankly about this: Armenia will have to make a choice. We would also, of course, like that choice to be made by the Armenian people,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Matviyenko stressed that whatever decision Armenia makes regarding its membership in the EAEU, it will have no impact on the stability of the bloc.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yerevan stands to lose a great deal if it decides to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko made the remarks, TASS reports. &ldquo;Ultimately, it is Armenia&rsquo;s sovereign right to decide whether or not to remain a member of the CSTO. I believe that if it chooses to leave, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":312614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312637,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312636\/revisions\/312637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}