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ARMENIAN POLITICAL EXPERT THINKS ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BY RUSSIA AGAINST ARMENIA ARE HARDLY POSSIBLE IF ARMENIA SIGNS ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH EUROPEAN UNION
by Ashot Safaryan
ARMINFO
Friday, August 16, 13:26
The economic sanctions and trade war between Armenia and Russia,
if Yerevan signs the Association Agreement with European Union, are
hardly possible, political expert, Stepan Grigoryan, said at today's
press-conference when replying to ArmInfo correspondent's question.
"The trade war similar to that between Russia and Ukraine is hardly
possible regarding Armenia, as Armenia and Ukraine are in different
weight categories. Though the partner relations with Armenia are
significant, it is hard to overestimate the role of Ukraine for
Russia. In this case the competition between Russia and the EU on
attraction of Kiev to the integration projects are rather harsh", -
Grigoryan said.
The fact that a Russian military base is deployed in Armenia, and
these two countries have been strongly cooperating in the military and
political as well as military and technical sphere, may also prove
the impossibility of such sanctions regarding Armenia. "This factor
together with small foreign trade indices of Armenia, allow to say
that harsh measures are simply senseless regarding Armenia. The same
may be said regarding Moldova as well", - Grigoryan concluded.
by Ashot Safaryan
ARMINFO
Friday, August 16, 13:26
The economic sanctions and trade war between Armenia and Russia,
if Yerevan signs the Association Agreement with European Union, are
hardly possible, political expert, Stepan Grigoryan, said at today's
press-conference when replying to ArmInfo correspondent's question.
"The trade war similar to that between Russia and Ukraine is hardly
possible regarding Armenia, as Armenia and Ukraine are in different
weight categories. Though the partner relations with Armenia are
significant, it is hard to overestimate the role of Ukraine for
Russia. In this case the competition between Russia and the EU on
attraction of Kiev to the integration projects are rather harsh", -
Grigoryan said.
The fact that a Russian military base is deployed in Armenia, and
these two countries have been strongly cooperating in the military and
political as well as military and technical sphere, may also prove
the impossibility of such sanctions regarding Armenia. "This factor
together with small foreign trade indices of Armenia, allow to say
that harsh measures are simply senseless regarding Armenia. The same
may be said regarding Moldova as well", - Grigoryan concluded.