# Armenia applying to join EU in 2027 or 2028 is ‘realistic’, PM tells Euronews

https://mins.news/en/video/127771

- euronews, 2026-11-03 19:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFFTc_sULN8

> Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told Euronews that Armenia could formally apply to join the EU in 2027 or 2028. He described EU membership 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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