Tweet
ARMENIA CHOOSES CSTO
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 29 2013
29 October 2013 - 10:16am
Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute, expressed
doubts that Armenia would join the Customs Union as a full-fledged
member. He believes that the decision of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan to join the Customs Union announced in Moscow on September
3 was dictated by matters of security.
The expert said that security was the priority of Armenia in the
light of the unsettled Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, so it had to choose
the CSTO.
Iskandaryan noted that no other CIS member had security problems
similar to those of Armenia. Belarus and Azerbaijan have no prospects
for EU association. Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have no security
problems. Russia has no instruments to influence Georgia.
From: A. Papazian
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 29 2013
29 October 2013 - 10:16am
Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of the Caucasus Institute, expressed
doubts that Armenia would join the Customs Union as a full-fledged
member. He believes that the decision of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan to join the Customs Union announced in Moscow on September
3 was dictated by matters of security.
The expert said that security was the priority of Armenia in the
light of the unsettled Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, so it had to choose
the CSTO.
Iskandaryan noted that no other CIS member had security problems
similar to those of Armenia. Belarus and Azerbaijan have no prospects
for EU association. Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have no security
problems. Russia has no instruments to influence Georgia.
From: A. Papazian