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    `A very nice document can be signed in Vilnius to show that Armenia
    and the EU are in normal relationship.'


    November 3 2013


    A part of the society of Armenia has serious expectations with regard
    to Vilnius summit on November, cherishing a hope that the Association
    Agreement with the EU will be eventually signed, which was talked
    about from the highest levels for four years continuously. These hopes
    seem to be revealed after September 3, when the President of Armenia
    announced that Armenia is ready to join the Customs Union, a
    completely different system. This was followed by the Europe
    `either-or' and the Armenian `and-and' theories. Europeans were saying
    that we should clarify what we want, the CU or the EU, and our
    officials claim that we can combine. Last week, too, even after the
    fact when Armenia's orientation to CU was deepened at the meeting of
    CIS heads in Minsk, several high-ranking officials insisted that
    nevertheless something to be signed in Vilnius. We commenced our
    conversation with the Country Director of `Eurasia Partnership
    Foundation' Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan with this very issue. - What do you
    think, what kind of document will be signed in Vilnius? - In politics,
    it is very important to have some timber-work, a methodological
    approach to have the right approach to the questions. Forecasting is
    not a problem of political science. Especially, when the general
    expectation that Armenia devoting so many years to rapprochement with
    Europe, will not divert from the course, was not justified. Any
    beautiful document can be signed in Vilnius to show that Armenia and
    the EU are good, and in normal relations, that Armenia has not yet
    come out of the Eastern Partnership. A very specific document can also
    be signed regarding bringing the process of visas to success, or a
    partnership in a priority area, such as science. Nothing can also be
    signed. Diplomacy enables making any move. I do not have any internal
    information about expectations in Vilnius. I can only say what will
    happen after Vilnius so that Armenia will not entirely lose this
    historic moment. After Vilnius, Armenia will have few months that
    Armenia, despite giving up with the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade
    Agreement, will develop a profitable strategy with the EU regarding
    the future. - In your speech you used the expression `divert from the
    course'. What do you think do we have a way back from that diverted
    path? - If by saying a way back you mean the Deep and Comprehensive
    Free Trade Area Agreement and the EU Association Agreement adjacent to
    it, integration of the documents with the EU, seems, passed into the
    history, like the Armenian-Turkish protocols. If, on the other hand,
    the matter is about the chances of Armenia in integration with the EU,
    all the directions are open, historically open, and even more. I have
    no doubts that if Armenia wants, some time later it may be a candidate
    to the European Union membership. In other words, returning is
    impossible, but progress is possible. Armenia is viewed by Europe as a
    full European culture. If not us, then who? It's another matter that
    the fate of the country is hard, it was not fortunate, it has certain
    nomenclature and neighbors, but all of these is passable, but the
    cultural unity is indisputable and historically durable.


    Melania BARSEGHYAN
    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/11/03/162329/




    From: A. Papazian
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