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EXPERT: 82% OF ARMENIA'S POPULATION CONSIDER RUSSIA THEIR MAIN ALLY
by David Stepanyan
Thursday, October 24, 18:05
82% of Armenia's population consider Russia the key ally and friend of
Armenia, chairman of "Integration and Development" NGO, Aram Safaryan,
said at the
international conference "CSTO and Security of EurAsia" held in
Yerevan today, at Noravanq Foundation.
"The results of public opinion poll held by our organization among
1000 respondents above 18, on 5-11 October are evidence of it. We
held the survey to clarify what our population prefer - Russia or the
European Union. So, 67% Armenians prefer Russia. These are the true
results but not the ones published by certain forces in mass media",
- Safaryan said.
He also added that the population of Armenia see benefits in case of
integration with Russia in the following system making sectors: energy,
transport, direct investments in industry and migration. First of all,
opening of the Abkhazian railway will push the talks about the Customs
Union to the new level. Safaryan thinks that this will allow Armenia
to successfully integrate in the Customs Union. "Slow development of
Armenia's economy is one of the key reasons of possible distabilization
in the region, especially against the background of neighboring
Azerbaijan. For this reason, we should gain serious economic growth
in the near future, and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - are the only
market which will allow Armenia to do it", - the expert concluded.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=67F42ED0-3CB5-11E3-844E0EB7C0D21663
From: Baghdasarian
by David Stepanyan
Thursday, October 24, 18:05
82% of Armenia's population consider Russia the key ally and friend of
Armenia, chairman of "Integration and Development" NGO, Aram Safaryan,
said at the
international conference "CSTO and Security of EurAsia" held in
Yerevan today, at Noravanq Foundation.
"The results of public opinion poll held by our organization among
1000 respondents above 18, on 5-11 October are evidence of it. We
held the survey to clarify what our population prefer - Russia or the
European Union. So, 67% Armenians prefer Russia. These are the true
results but not the ones published by certain forces in mass media",
- Safaryan said.
He also added that the population of Armenia see benefits in case of
integration with Russia in the following system making sectors: energy,
transport, direct investments in industry and migration. First of all,
opening of the Abkhazian railway will push the talks about the Customs
Union to the new level. Safaryan thinks that this will allow Armenia
to successfully integrate in the Customs Union. "Slow development of
Armenia's economy is one of the key reasons of possible distabilization
in the region, especially against the background of neighboring
Azerbaijan. For this reason, we should gain serious economic growth
in the near future, and Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan - are the only
market which will allow Armenia to do it", - the expert concluded.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=67F42ED0-3CB5-11E3-844E0EB7C0D21663
From: Baghdasarian