Azerbaijan may join Putin’s EEU if Armenia withdraws from Karabakh

In an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel, Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan can’t "co-exist” with Armenia at the Customs Union as long as the country continues its occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan.

"Never say never,” Mammadyarov said. "We may consider joining EEU if Armenia pulls its troops out.”

Armenia captured nearly one-fifth of Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized territory during a war after the Soviet breakup in 1991.

While major hostilities ended with a ceasefire in 1994, no peace agreement has been signed.

 

The Azerbaijani foreign minister yesterday visited Moscow, where he met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and other officials.