Georgia PM says ‘why not?’ on Eurasian Union

EUObserver reported that Georgia's Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said on national tv on the 4 September 2013 that he would be prepared to consider Georgia joining Russia's Eurasian Union if it was in his country's strategic interest.

However, Georgia's official line is that it aimed to join the EU and Nato instead.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Armenia to join Russia trade bloc, surprises EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/armenia-to-join-russia-trade-bloc-surprises-eu/

ESO: Background information: Putin to visit Brussels as 'Eurasian Union' leader http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-to-visit-brussels-as-eurasian-union-leader/

Wikipedia: Eurasian Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Union

ESO: Background Information: EU and Georgia to nibble at Russian occupation http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-georgia-to-nibble-at-russian-occupation/

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