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CUSTOMS UNION WILL GIVE ARMENIA NOTHING - HERITAGE PARTY
November 04, 2013 | 15:25
YEREVAN. - It is ruled out thatArmenia will initial the EU Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement in the forthcoming Eastern
Partnership Summit to be held in the Lithuanian capital cityVilnius.
Opposition Heritage Party Board Secretary Stiopa Safaryan, who is also
member of the opposition "Barev [Hello], Yerevan" faction in capital
city Yerevan Council of Elders, said the abovementioned during a
press conference on Monday.
Safaryan noted that Armenia-EU relations have deteriorated, especially
after when the EU recalled that Armenia has not fulfilled numerous
commitments.
Also, the September 3 announcement and the subsequent events have
shown that the changes in the balance of power will substantially
impact Armenia's security.
According to Heritage's official, the present-day tense situation on
the line of contact is not accidental.
He also expressed a view that Armenia must find ways to retract its
authorities' decision to join the Customs Union.
"The Customs Union will give us nothing; we should seek avenues beyond
it," Stiopa Safaryan argued.
To note, following the talks that were held on September 3 in
Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and
Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join
the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the
Eurasian Economic Union. Aside from Russia, Belarusand Kazakhstan
likewise are members in the Customs Union. And in response to this
development, the European Union had stated that the signing of the
Armenia-EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area agreement is now doubtful.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
November 04, 2013 | 15:25
YEREVAN. - It is ruled out thatArmenia will initial the EU Deep and
Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement in the forthcoming Eastern
Partnership Summit to be held in the Lithuanian capital cityVilnius.
Opposition Heritage Party Board Secretary Stiopa Safaryan, who is also
member of the opposition "Barev [Hello], Yerevan" faction in capital
city Yerevan Council of Elders, said the abovementioned during a
press conference on Monday.
Safaryan noted that Armenia-EU relations have deteriorated, especially
after when the EU recalled that Armenia has not fulfilled numerous
commitments.
Also, the September 3 announcement and the subsequent events have
shown that the changes in the balance of power will substantially
impact Armenia's security.
According to Heritage's official, the present-day tense situation on
the line of contact is not accidental.
He also expressed a view that Armenia must find ways to retract its
authorities' decision to join the Customs Union.
"The Customs Union will give us nothing; we should seek avenues beyond
it," Stiopa Safaryan argued.
To note, following the talks that were held on September 3 in
Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and
Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join
the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the
Eurasian Economic Union. Aside from Russia, Belarusand Kazakhstan
likewise are members in the Customs Union. And in response to this
development, the European Union had stated that the signing of the
Armenia-EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area agreement is now doubtful.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am