Forecast: Promotion of the ideology of "European choice" will be  fixed and following the results of the Brussels summit of the Eastern  Partnership

ArmInfo. Prospects for signing of the Agreement on Comprehensive and Extended Partnership by Yerevan and Brussels are assessed differently, mainly based on Armenia's rejection of association with EU on September 3, 2013, such an  opinion was expressed  by the Russian analyst Sergey Markedonov

On November 24, 2017 at the Brussels summit of the "Eastern  Partnership" Armenia plans to sign a partnership document on the  partnership with the EU, which was initialed on March 21 - the  Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. The relevant  talks were initiated by the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU on  October 12, 2015 in Luxembourg.

"The additional sharpness is added by the ongoing confrontation  between the West and Russia, as a result of which, pursuing a policy  of sanctions against Moscow, Brussels actively promotes the ideology  of" European choice "for the post-Soviet republics, which allegedly  minimizes their dependence on Russia.  Brussels summit, "the analyst  said.

Noting the fact of the highest level of Armenia's relations with  Belarus and Russia among the countries of the Eastern Partnership,  Markedonov stressed that Moscow began to consider the foreign policy  aspirations of the post-Soviet republics in search of a foreign  policy balance within the framework of the choice between the  pro-Western and the Eurasian vector. In reality, in his opinion, the  choice is much more complicated and nuanced due to the numerous  restrictions.

The analyst noted that such an approach is not a feature of the  Armenian foreign policy and the same strategic ally of Russia  Kazakhstan has an Agreement on enhanced partnership and cooperation  with the EU, having an extreme interest in expanding economic ties  with Brussels. Particularly emphasizes the need for constructive  dialogue with the European Union and Belarus, whose leader is invited  to the Brussels summit of the "EP".

"In the end, the diversification of foreign policy towards  cooperation with Russia or the EU is by no means reduced, Armenia and  Azerbaijan are interested in strengthening ties with the same Iran  and Israel, and Belarus and Kazakhstan are looking with interest at  Beijing," the analyst concluded.