# IN BRIEF: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on EU membership bid, CSTO withdrawal

https://mins.news/en/item/30532

- TASS, 2026-08-24 12:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2176999

> Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Yerevan would soon start applying for EU membership and that he would welcome Armenia’s expulsion from the CSTO. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Armenia could leave the organization if it no longer needed membership.

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