At Armenia’s request, EAEU summit will be held on December 25 in St. Petersburg — Yuri Ushakov 

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has announced that, at Armenia’s request, the EAEU summit will be held on December 25 in St. Petersburg. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will chair the summit.

The Russian presidential aide did not specify the reason for the decision.

At the same time, Ushakov confirmed that Armenia will not take part in the CSTO summit to be held in Astana on November 28, but Yerevan warned that it is not against the documents adopted at the meeting.

“The doors for returning to the CSTO work are open, and we hope that Armenia’s representatives will sooner or later resume their cooperation within this organization,” the Russian presidential aide added.