Armenia cannot remain in strategic uncertainty forever - expert 

ArmInfo.  Armenia cannot remain in strategic limbo forever.  Political scientist Suren  Surenyants writes about this on his Facebook page.

The political scientist recalled yesterday's statement by Russian  Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk that Armenia cannot remain  indefinitely in both the EU and the EAEU. "However, this time the  statement is accompanied by a very specific economic signal: a sharp  drop in Armenian-Russian trade turnover and growing caution among  Russian businesses towards Armenia. From $12.4 billion to  approximately $6 billion: this is not just a decline in statistics.  This is a political message indicating that Moscow views Armenia's  foreign policy maneuvers not in a theoretical, but in a practical  sense. Nikol Pashinyan notes that "the time for a choice has not yet  come." However, the reality is that the government's foreign policy  steps already imply a choice, without publicly accepting political  responsibility for it. European integration is talked about as a way  out, but there is no clear strategy, no roadmap, and no public  consensus. Moreover, all this is happening in a context where even  the US National Security Strategy contains harsh assessments of the  current state of the EU and its prospects. In other words, Armenia is  trying to navigate a system whose future is not entirely clear in  itself. And here the main question arises: is the so-called "European  agenda" of the authorities a long-term state "A strategy or a  domestic political technique to secure domestic political dividends  based on anti-Russian sentiment?" Sureniants noted, adding that  Armenia cannot remain in strategic limbo forever.

According to the political scientist, the moment of dilemma is  approaching, and the price of an incorrect, ill-considered choice may  be paid not by the authorities, but by the state.