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EU OR EURASIAN UNION? CHOICE BETWEEN 'PARADISE' AND 'HELL' - OPINION
21:43 ~U 13.06.13
The cliches used to characterize a political or economic security
regime are artificial concepts invented by their proponents or
opponents, says Ashot Manucharyan, an Armenian oppositionist.
Speaking at a debate devoted to Armenia's integration processes, the
politician said that the terms my signify a 'happy future', 'paradise'
or 'hell' for different people, depending on the political camp they
take sides with.
"Let us speak of real problems, not the declared ones. When the say 'a
happy future' [that's like] a picture reminding one of paradise. But as
a matter of fact, those countries resolve very specific issues; so we
have to wait and see how those solutions will reflect our problems,"
he said.
The debate, addressing Armenia's choice between the EU Association
Agreement and the Eurasian Union (and the Customs Union) was attended
by such public and political figures as Andrias Ghukasyan (former
presidential candidatge), Aram Karapetyan (New Times party leader),
Khachatur Kokobelyan (Free Democrats party), Ruben Mehrabyan, and
the Polish ambassador to Armenia, Zdzislaw Raczynski.
Manucharyan cited Libya's example, noting that the country appeared
in a dead-end, after ignoring the EU's significance for its political
interests.
"Let us try and understand the consequences of the choice we are now
offered - the European Union, for instance. Suppose it is a paradise;
so we are trying to tear away from Russia which has been described
as a piece of hell. Will this not cause Armenia to suffer the blows
of the hell?" he asked.
The politician said that the situation reminded him of the remote
past, particularly the period when the concepts of Bolshevism and the
British Empire were in conflict with one another in Armenia, posing
themselves as the 'good' and 'evil'. "But we found ourselves in a
specific situation, with our neighbors accepting the Bolshevism's
arguments more seriously than we did and leaving us in the position
of the 'progressive mankind islet' in this region and this causing
us to lose half of the republic," he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:43 ~U 13.06.13
The cliches used to characterize a political or economic security
regime are artificial concepts invented by their proponents or
opponents, says Ashot Manucharyan, an Armenian oppositionist.
Speaking at a debate devoted to Armenia's integration processes, the
politician said that the terms my signify a 'happy future', 'paradise'
or 'hell' for different people, depending on the political camp they
take sides with.
"Let us speak of real problems, not the declared ones. When the say 'a
happy future' [that's like] a picture reminding one of paradise. But as
a matter of fact, those countries resolve very specific issues; so we
have to wait and see how those solutions will reflect our problems,"
he said.
The debate, addressing Armenia's choice between the EU Association
Agreement and the Eurasian Union (and the Customs Union) was attended
by such public and political figures as Andrias Ghukasyan (former
presidential candidatge), Aram Karapetyan (New Times party leader),
Khachatur Kokobelyan (Free Democrats party), Ruben Mehrabyan, and
the Polish ambassador to Armenia, Zdzislaw Raczynski.
Manucharyan cited Libya's example, noting that the country appeared
in a dead-end, after ignoring the EU's significance for its political
interests.
"Let us try and understand the consequences of the choice we are now
offered - the European Union, for instance. Suppose it is a paradise;
so we are trying to tear away from Russia which has been described
as a piece of hell. Will this not cause Armenia to suffer the blows
of the hell?" he asked.
The politician said that the situation reminded him of the remote
past, particularly the period when the concepts of Bolshevism and the
British Empire were in conflict with one another in Armenia, posing
themselves as the 'good' and 'evil'. "But we found ourselves in a
specific situation, with our neighbors accepting the Bolshevism's
arguments more seriously than we did and leaving us in the position
of the 'progressive mankind islet' in this region and this causing
us to lose half of the republic," he noted.
Armenian News - Tert.am