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ARMENIA'S SOCIETY UNAWARE OF CUSTOMS UNION DETAILS - LARISA ALAVERDYAN
17:37 ~U 27.11.13
With respect to Armenia's integration into the Customs Union, Armenia's
first Ombudsperson Larisa Alaverdyan believes that no good or bad
political situations exist.
"Rather, it is good or bad use of the situations," she said at a debate
on 'Vilnius summit: Armenia in a stalemate or at the crossroads.'
"We are in a situation that gives us grounds for suspicion. How can
I voice my opinion of a document I do not know anything about? Must
civil society force the authorities or will we remain eyewitnesses?"
Alaverdyan said.
With respect to the arguments for the Customs Union being Armenia's
security guarantee, she said that being protected by a single state
is the greatest threat.
"It is high time for Armenia to play its own role in the world and
regional politics rather than be happy about being loved by another
country," Alaverdyan said.
Republic Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member Naira
Karapetyan said that Armenia is implementing a pro-Armenian policy,
which was the basis for the Armenian president's statement on accession
to the Customs Union.
"We always mix our economic way with our political way. Opinions have
been voiced that Armenia is losing its sovereignty. Armenia's policy
meets its national interests," she said.
Secretary of the Heritage party Styopa Safaryan said that Armenia's
decision in favor of the Customs Union made the following clear:
"We have no right to decide on our country's prospects, namely, on
which nations we can cooperate with. We have no right to choose our
partners. This is the message President Serzh Sargsyan's statement
contained on September 3," he said.
In commenting on Ms Karapetyan's statements that Armenia's political
and economic ways are different, Safaryan said:
"You say that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh's security should not be
discussed. But who could not say what would our economic interest be?
Who said we were solving the security problem. We are discussing the
RPA's proposals. We are told it is our security interest, which is
immediately related to Nagorno-Karabakh's security."
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
17:37 ~U 27.11.13
With respect to Armenia's integration into the Customs Union, Armenia's
first Ombudsperson Larisa Alaverdyan believes that no good or bad
political situations exist.
"Rather, it is good or bad use of the situations," she said at a debate
on 'Vilnius summit: Armenia in a stalemate or at the crossroads.'
"We are in a situation that gives us grounds for suspicion. How can
I voice my opinion of a document I do not know anything about? Must
civil society force the authorities or will we remain eyewitnesses?"
Alaverdyan said.
With respect to the arguments for the Customs Union being Armenia's
security guarantee, she said that being protected by a single state
is the greatest threat.
"It is high time for Armenia to play its own role in the world and
regional politics rather than be happy about being loved by another
country," Alaverdyan said.
Republic Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member Naira
Karapetyan said that Armenia is implementing a pro-Armenian policy,
which was the basis for the Armenian president's statement on accession
to the Customs Union.
"We always mix our economic way with our political way. Opinions have
been voiced that Armenia is losing its sovereignty. Armenia's policy
meets its national interests," she said.
Secretary of the Heritage party Styopa Safaryan said that Armenia's
decision in favor of the Customs Union made the following clear:
"We have no right to decide on our country's prospects, namely, on
which nations we can cooperate with. We have no right to choose our
partners. This is the message President Serzh Sargsyan's statement
contained on September 3," he said.
In commenting on Ms Karapetyan's statements that Armenia's political
and economic ways are different, Safaryan said:
"You say that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh's security should not be
discussed. But who could not say what would our economic interest be?
Who said we were solving the security problem. We are discussing the
RPA's proposals. We are told it is our security interest, which is
immediately related to Nagorno-Karabakh's security."
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian