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LITHUANIAN EXPERT: RUSSIA WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH RESULTS OF ARMENIA-EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT TALKS
by Nana Martirosyan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=8B501600-EE1D-11E2-BCDD0EB7C0D21663
Tuesday, July 16, 17:42
The European Union has its own levers of pressure, and Russia will
have to put up with the results of the negotiations on the Armenia-EU
and Ukraine-EU Association Agreements, Vitis Yurkonis, lecturer at
the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at
Vilnius University, told ArmInfo on July 16.
He thinks that Lithuania's EU Chairmanship would focus on Ukraine. "If
that country signs the Association Agreement, it will finally
deviate from the integration into the Eurasian Union. This can't
help irritating Russia", he said. He thinks that the given agreement
has become a new reason for a geopolitical fight between Moscow and
Brussels, however, the Brussels levers will impact Russia's stance.
In the meantime, the expert is skeptical about Armenia's possible
initialing of the Association Agreement, because this process must
be carried out with all the Eastern Partnership member countries
simultaneously. "Meanwhile, most of the Eastern Partnership members
are not yet ready for the Association Agreement", he said. Yurkonis
thinks this may delay Armenia's signing as well.
To note, Lithuania assumed the EU Chairmanship on July 1. President
of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite said that one of the Lithuania's EU
Chairmanship priorities would be the EU's relations with Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. She expressed hope
that Association Agreements and documents on Deep and Comprehensive
Free Trade Area would be signed with the specified countries.
From: Baghdasarian
by Nana Martirosyan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=8B501600-EE1D-11E2-BCDD0EB7C0D21663
Tuesday, July 16, 17:42
The European Union has its own levers of pressure, and Russia will
have to put up with the results of the negotiations on the Armenia-EU
and Ukraine-EU Association Agreements, Vitis Yurkonis, lecturer at
the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at
Vilnius University, told ArmInfo on July 16.
He thinks that Lithuania's EU Chairmanship would focus on Ukraine. "If
that country signs the Association Agreement, it will finally
deviate from the integration into the Eurasian Union. This can't
help irritating Russia", he said. He thinks that the given agreement
has become a new reason for a geopolitical fight between Moscow and
Brussels, however, the Brussels levers will impact Russia's stance.
In the meantime, the expert is skeptical about Armenia's possible
initialing of the Association Agreement, because this process must
be carried out with all the Eastern Partnership member countries
simultaneously. "Meanwhile, most of the Eastern Partnership members
are not yet ready for the Association Agreement", he said. Yurkonis
thinks this may delay Armenia's signing as well.
To note, Lithuania assumed the EU Chairmanship on July 1. President
of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite said that one of the Lithuania's EU
Chairmanship priorities would be the EU's relations with Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. She expressed hope
that Association Agreements and documents on Deep and Comprehensive
Free Trade Area would be signed with the specified countries.
From: Baghdasarian