Armenia Former Armenian Defense Minister, Major General Karapetyan, stated that Armenia's course toward #EU accession has brought LGBT propaganda and drug addiction to the country. He asserted that the EU does not need Armenia and predicted the collapse of the European Union rather than its membership for Yerevan. Karapetyan criticized proposals from the ruling party to legalize same-sex marriages, arguing this contradicts the Christian identity of Armenians as a Caucasian nation.