RA MFA responds to report on `Pakistan-Armenia deal` 

ArmInfo.  The Armenian foreign ministry has reacted to a report by the Russian TASS state news agency which claimed, citing an anonymous source, that Pakistan  'intends to recognize Armenia as a UN member state and subsequently  be greenlighted to become a member of the Eurasian Economic Union  [EAEU]."

"We inform the ignorant sources that Armenia and Pakistan have  already established diplomatic relations in line with the fundamental  principles of the UN Charter. Therefore, naturally there is no any  issue of 'recognition in the UN' on the agenda. We have already  communicated that the two countries, while developing bilateral  cooperation, will also discuss issues related to collaboration within  multilateral platforms - whether it be the SCO, the EAEU, or other  structures of mutual interest," Armenian foreign ministry  spokesperson Ani Badalyan said in response to query by Armenpress. 

On August 31, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia  Ararat Mirzoyan and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign  Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar signed  a Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic relations  between Armenia and Pakistan.