In 2014, Kazakhstan pushed back against the accession of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Armenia to the Eurasian Economic Union, with President Nursultan Nazarbayev claiming that states could only join via UN-recognized borders, which angered the leadership of the Republic of Artsakh as well as the Armenian population, 64% of which at the time were for joining the EEU on the condition that it would be with Nagorno-Karabakh. During the April War, Kazakhstan voiced complaints over Armenian tactics, going as far as to recommend that the April EEU summit be relocated to Moscow from Yerevan. In a phone call with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, who was due to be in Yerevan for the summit, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian rejected the proposal and warned that he may boycott the Moscow summit. A business delegation from Kazakhstan did not participate in “Invest Armenia - 2016" forum in Yerevan as planned, which caused the chairman of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia to describe Kazakhstan as a "totalitarian country" where "the first words of command from above are enough for them to refuse the invitation." The Armenian village of Harich removed President Nazarbayev’s name a street named in his honor, with the mayor saying that Nazarbayev was supposed to be our friend, but he is now saying that ‘the Armenians are killing our brothers.’… So if the Azerbaijanis are their brothers then the Armenians must be their enemies."