HIGHLIGHT: Armenia must decide its potential partners by itself, the EU, for its part, is ready to activate relations with this country, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday during the joint press conference with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, who came to Germany on his first visit as the country’s prime minister.

BERLIN, February 1. /TASS/. Armenia must decide its potential partners by itself, the EU, for its part, is ready to activate relations with this country, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday during the joint press conference with Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, who came to Germany on his first visit as the country’s prime minister.

"Armenia must decide for itself, with whom it will build relations," she said, stressing that the EU does not plan to meddle in Armenia’s foreign policy. "After the democratic elections, the relations with the EU are bound to be more intensive," Merkel pointed out. "From the German side, we would like to be useful and to provide support," she added.

For his part, Pashinyan stated that Yerevan strives towards "open and transparent relations both with its European partners and partners in the Eurasian Economic Union."