EAEU Leaders Convene in Moscow for Integration Talks as Pashinyan Confirms Attendance

Overview

• The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meets in Moscow on December 11–12 with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed to participate.
• Delegations will review steps to deepen economic integration with a focus on the union’s internal market and cooperation in energy, industry and agriculture.
• An accompanying science and technology conference will showcase projects by international teams of young researchers in biotechnology, industrial diagnostics and environmental safety.
• Pashinyan, speaking in Hamburg before his departure, said he sees no incompatibility between Armenia’s EAEU role and its effort to strengthen relations with the European Union.
• Russian Vice‑Premier Alexey Overchuk has argued that Armenia’s EU course signals the start of leaving the EAEU and is incompatible with membership, while Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan says Yerevan is not planning to exit; Belarus holds the 2025 chair and this is the 45th council session.