Speaker of Parliament: They are trying to force Armenia to join the Union State. According to the Armenian official, this plan was allegedly thwarted in 2021 during parliamentary elections.

At the same time, earlier Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated that the country had not received an offer to join. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov reported that statements about “pressure” on Armenia are not true. The statement was made in response to a question from RIA Novosti.