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EU-ARMENIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DEAL NOT AT RISK - DEPUTY FM
18:49 ~U 27.06.13
An Armenian deputy foreign minister has dismissed the reports that
the signing of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement may experience
a failure in the light of Russia's increasing pressures against
the country.
"The negotiations are held in two directions, with Russia and the EU,"
Shavarsh told a news conference on Thursday.
Journalists reminded the official of Polish President Bronislaw
Komarowski's Wednesday statement saying that the Eastern Partners of
Europe are facing a choice between the EU and Russia (the Eurasian
Union project). Kocharyan responded to the remark by reiterating the
existing position that the Association Agreement deal does not imply
membership in the Union.
"The documents on the negotiation table make no mention of European
prospects. All that's only about association; this is the essential
difference," he said. "Komarowski cannot prove what is already obvious;
membership in the Customs Union prevents [a country] from being a
member of the free trade zone in Europe because you give part of your
authorities to a supranational body just the way you would in case
of being an EU member. That's where the conflict lies," he explained.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
18:49 ~U 27.06.13
An Armenian deputy foreign minister has dismissed the reports that
the signing of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement may experience
a failure in the light of Russia's increasing pressures against
the country.
"The negotiations are held in two directions, with Russia and the EU,"
Shavarsh told a news conference on Thursday.
Journalists reminded the official of Polish President Bronislaw
Komarowski's Wednesday statement saying that the Eastern Partners of
Europe are facing a choice between the EU and Russia (the Eurasian
Union project). Kocharyan responded to the remark by reiterating the
existing position that the Association Agreement deal does not imply
membership in the Union.
"The documents on the negotiation table make no mention of European
prospects. All that's only about association; this is the essential
difference," he said. "Komarowski cannot prove what is already obvious;
membership in the Customs Union prevents [a country] from being a
member of the free trade zone in Europe because you give part of your
authorities to a supranational body just the way you would in case
of being an EU member. That's where the conflict lies," he explained.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian