# Armenia’s 2027 or 2028 EU membership bid ‘realistic’, Pashinyan tells Euronews

https://mins.news/en/item/127292

- euronews, 2026-11-03 14:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/03/armenia-to-apply-for-eu-membership-in-2027-or-2028-realistic-pm-tells-euronews

> Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Euronews that Armenia could formally seek EU membership in 2027 or 2028. He described joining the bloc as a strategic choice to protect democracy, said Armenians must choose between Brussels and Russia’s Eurasian bloc, and rejected warnings that Armenia could become the next Ukraine.

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