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EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY CAN NOT BECOME COUNTERBALANCE ON ARMENIA'S ROAD TO EU
YEREVAN, July 3. / ARKA /. Gagik Makaryan, the head of the National
Union of Employers, said today Armenia's membership in the Customs
Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which is supposed to be used
as the backbone for creating the Eurasian Economic Community, will
not provide Armenia, which has observer status in this still-on-paper
organization, with opportunities that may be offered by the European
Union, therefore, the Eurasian Economic Community can not be a
counterbalance on Armenia's way towards signing Association Agreement
with the EU and its key element, the Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Agreement (DCFTA).
"Armenia has free trade agreements with almost all the member states
of the Eurasian Economic Community and CIS, which have been concluded
since the early 90s to 2008. Therefore, a membership will not result
in major changes for Armenia," Makaryan said at a press conference
on Wednesday.
The agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community
was signed on 10 October 2000 in Kazakhstan and entered into force
on 30 May 2001 after its ratification by all member states - Russia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In 2002, Ukraine and
Moldova were granted observer status. In January 2003 Armenia was
also granted observer status.
According to Makaryan, the Eurasian Economic Community would benefit
the interests of Russia and the countries that have monopolized
economies, including Kazakhstan and Belarus.-0-
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YEREVAN, July 3. / ARKA /. Gagik Makaryan, the head of the National
Union of Employers, said today Armenia's membership in the Customs
Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, which is supposed to be used
as the backbone for creating the Eurasian Economic Community, will
not provide Armenia, which has observer status in this still-on-paper
organization, with opportunities that may be offered by the European
Union, therefore, the Eurasian Economic Community can not be a
counterbalance on Armenia's way towards signing Association Agreement
with the EU and its key element, the Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Agreement (DCFTA).
"Armenia has free trade agreements with almost all the member states
of the Eurasian Economic Community and CIS, which have been concluded
since the early 90s to 2008. Therefore, a membership will not result
in major changes for Armenia," Makaryan said at a press conference
on Wednesday.
The agreement on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community
was signed on 10 October 2000 in Kazakhstan and entered into force
on 30 May 2001 after its ratification by all member states - Russia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. In 2002, Ukraine and
Moldova were granted observer status. In January 2003 Armenia was
also granted observer status.
According to Makaryan, the Eurasian Economic Community would benefit
the interests of Russia and the countries that have monopolized
economies, including Kazakhstan and Belarus.-0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/eurasian_economic_community_can_not_become_counter balance_on_armenia_s_road_to_eu/#sthash.izCYkAKZ.dpuf