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KONSTANTIN ZATULIN: ARMENIA'S DECISION TO JOIN THE CUSTOMS UNION IS THE LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN RELATIONS
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, November 5, 14:01
Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union is the logical consequence
of the whole history of Russian-Armenian relations, Konstantin Zatulin,
Director of the CIS Institute, said at a conference "The Treaty of
Gulistan: History and Modern Age" in Moscow.
"It was the Treaty of Gulistan that laid the basis for rapprochement
of Caucasian nations with Russia. And Armenia's decision to join the
Customs Union is the logical consequence of the Treaties of Gulistan
and Turkmenchay", said Zatulin.
He said that the Treaty of Gulistan became the first legal document to
reserve Russia's rights to the Transcaucasus though the developments
of those years were undeservedly shadowed by the Patriotic War of
1812. Zatulin thinks that now it is senseless to hush them up for
the current political reasons.
The conference participants from Russia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh
discussed the impact of the Treaty of Gulistan on the political
development of the Caucasus, including the Caspian problems,
interethnic relations, as well as the relations between the Caucasus
states.
On September 3, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced Armenia's
decision to join the Russia-led Customs Union and contribute to the
formation of the Eurasian economic union.
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, November 5, 14:01
Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union is the logical consequence
of the whole history of Russian-Armenian relations, Konstantin Zatulin,
Director of the CIS Institute, said at a conference "The Treaty of
Gulistan: History and Modern Age" in Moscow.
"It was the Treaty of Gulistan that laid the basis for rapprochement
of Caucasian nations with Russia. And Armenia's decision to join the
Customs Union is the logical consequence of the Treaties of Gulistan
and Turkmenchay", said Zatulin.
He said that the Treaty of Gulistan became the first legal document to
reserve Russia's rights to the Transcaucasus though the developments
of those years were undeservedly shadowed by the Patriotic War of
1812. Zatulin thinks that now it is senseless to hush them up for
the current political reasons.
The conference participants from Russia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh
discussed the impact of the Treaty of Gulistan on the political
development of the Caucasus, including the Caspian problems,
interethnic relations, as well as the relations between the Caucasus
states.
On September 3, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced Armenia's
decision to join the Russia-led Customs Union and contribute to the
formation of the Eurasian economic union.