Azerbaijan did not participate in the Eurasian Economic Union’s recent intergovernmental council meeting as a non-member of the organization because there was no consensus among the members. When asked whether or not it was Armenia who vetoed it, the Armenian caretaker Deputy PM Mher Grigoryan told reporters: “Yes, you can say so, because a third country’s participation at the EEU intergovernmental council session requires a consensus decision. Naturally there was no consensus over this issue, particularly Armenia did not agree to the Azerbaijani representative’s participation in the session.” To the question whether or not Armenia’s position is related to Azerbaijan’s refusal to return POWs, Grigoryan said: “The issue is very compound and I wouldn’t want to point out one condition or precondition out of context. There was no consensus over this issue, while such participation requires the participation of all member-countries”.
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