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LUKASHENKO TOLD ARMENIA A SECRET
The leaders of the Customs Union member states rushed to accept
Armenia's application for membership to the Customs Union and the
Common Economic Area, the statement on the participation of the
Republic of Armenia in the process of Eurasian integration and the
Memorandum on Deepening Cooperation between the Republic of Armenia
and the Eurasian Economic Commission. "We agreed to set up a working
group which will prepare the road map within the shortest possible
time," said the Russian President Putin.
Interestingly, the president of the country which submitted the
application did not show up to the journalists to hail this occasion.
Either he was not happy, or the application has been accepted without
Serzh Sargsyan or yet he was not allowed to show up in public in case
he utters something divergent.
The participants of the Second Eurasian Economic Council confirmed
their intention to sign the agreement on the establishment of
the Eurasian Economic Union which is supposed to be launched on 1
January 2015.
At first sight, everything is going well, especially that quarrels and
objections were expected. Lukashenko even confessed that he did not
expect such success. "I would not say that this is a breakthrough but
this is a leap that we took during our meeting today," Lukashenko said.
In brief, there is no breakthrough, and some issues are pending. For
example, Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed concerns. He proposed accepting
Turkey to the Customs Union explaining it by concerns which people
often express whether "we are creating a USSR or something else under
Russia". "Rumors might end if we accept Turkey," Nazarbayev said.
This means that neither Nazarbayev, nor Lukashenko are going to obey
Russia, and the Customs Union will exist as long as Russia offers
customs preferences to its two big members. Lukashenko, for example,
demanded to exempt petrol from taxes otherwise he will leave the
Customs Union.
In addition, Lukashenko made a sensational statement. He confessed
that on entering the Eurasian Union the countries partly lose
their sovereignty. However, he said there is no need to be afraid of
delegating additional powers to the supranational level. "Sovereignty
is not an icon. Everything has a price, and we need to sacrifice
something to live better," Lukashenko said.
So what next? Does the parliament, the Constitution empower Serzh
Sargsyan to delegate state powers to a supranational organization? Or
are the Constitutional reforms initiated to this aim?
Naira Hayrumyan 14:09 25/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31178
The leaders of the Customs Union member states rushed to accept
Armenia's application for membership to the Customs Union and the
Common Economic Area, the statement on the participation of the
Republic of Armenia in the process of Eurasian integration and the
Memorandum on Deepening Cooperation between the Republic of Armenia
and the Eurasian Economic Commission. "We agreed to set up a working
group which will prepare the road map within the shortest possible
time," said the Russian President Putin.
Interestingly, the president of the country which submitted the
application did not show up to the journalists to hail this occasion.
Either he was not happy, or the application has been accepted without
Serzh Sargsyan or yet he was not allowed to show up in public in case
he utters something divergent.
The participants of the Second Eurasian Economic Council confirmed
their intention to sign the agreement on the establishment of
the Eurasian Economic Union which is supposed to be launched on 1
January 2015.
At first sight, everything is going well, especially that quarrels and
objections were expected. Lukashenko even confessed that he did not
expect such success. "I would not say that this is a breakthrough but
this is a leap that we took during our meeting today," Lukashenko said.
In brief, there is no breakthrough, and some issues are pending. For
example, Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed concerns. He proposed accepting
Turkey to the Customs Union explaining it by concerns which people
often express whether "we are creating a USSR or something else under
Russia". "Rumors might end if we accept Turkey," Nazarbayev said.
This means that neither Nazarbayev, nor Lukashenko are going to obey
Russia, and the Customs Union will exist as long as Russia offers
customs preferences to its two big members. Lukashenko, for example,
demanded to exempt petrol from taxes otherwise he will leave the
Customs Union.
In addition, Lukashenko made a sensational statement. He confessed
that on entering the Eurasian Union the countries partly lose
their sovereignty. However, he said there is no need to be afraid of
delegating additional powers to the supranational level. "Sovereignty
is not an icon. Everything has a price, and we need to sacrifice
something to live better," Lukashenko said.
So what next? Does the parliament, the Constitution empower Serzh
Sargsyan to delegate state powers to a supranational organization? Or
are the Constitutional reforms initiated to this aim?
Naira Hayrumyan 14:09 25/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31178