MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. Russia is a reliable energy supplier, especially to its partners, though the preferential gas price that attracts Yerevan could begin forming on a market basis if Armenia decides to leave the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a briefing.

"We’ve heard statements from the Armenian leadership that there is a very attractive, more than preferential price for Russian gas and energy. This is true, Russia remains a reliable and responsible energy supplier throughout the country, and especially to its closest allies and partners," he said.

"Such a regime is impossible for participants in other integrations," that’s "the European Union, of course," the official noted. "The pricing there is completely different, it’s market-based. Our friends in Yerevan know this very well," he said.

Peskov called "choosing the path of further economic integration an open question," but recalled that during his visit to Moscow, Pashinyan "said that Armenia remained a full member of the EAEU, at the same time developing its relations in other vectors of its foreign policy, particularly with Europe."

"And as Pashinyan explained then, at some point a final decision will have to be made, which will be done through a referendum. That is, it will be the Armenian people who will speak out," the Russian President’s spokesman concluded.