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GEORGIA PM SAYS 'WHY NOT?' ON EURASIAN UNION
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/04/georgia-pm-says-why-not-on-eurasian-union/
20:56 04.09.2013
Customs Union, Georgia
One day after Armenia said it will join Russia's Eurasian Union,
Georgia's PM has said it might, in due course, do the same, the
EUobserver reorts.
Speaking on national TV on Wednesday (4 September), the Prime
Minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, said: "I am keeping a close eye on
it [the Eurasian Union] and we are studying it. At this stage we
have no position at all. If in perspective we see that it is in our
country's strategic interest, then, why not? But at this stage we
have no position at all."
The remark caused an instant reaction in the Georgian parliament.
Giorgi Gabashvili, an MP from the opposition UNM party, told the house:
"I hope the Prime Minister lied and I hope the Georgian government
in fact is not studying this option."
The PM's office later published a press release, circulated in
Brussels, which noted: "While not ruling out the possibility of
joining such a union in the future, should it be judged in the
national interest, he [Ivanishvili] stated that 'At this stage,
we have no position at all'."
Georgia's foreign minister, Maia Panjikidze, added: "The whole world is
[studying the Eurasian Union project], including the EU. It is near
us, of course we have to know what is going on."
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/09/04/georgia-pm-says-why-not-on-eurasian-union/
20:56 04.09.2013
Customs Union, Georgia
One day after Armenia said it will join Russia's Eurasian Union,
Georgia's PM has said it might, in due course, do the same, the
EUobserver reorts.
Speaking on national TV on Wednesday (4 September), the Prime
Minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, said: "I am keeping a close eye on
it [the Eurasian Union] and we are studying it. At this stage we
have no position at all. If in perspective we see that it is in our
country's strategic interest, then, why not? But at this stage we
have no position at all."
The remark caused an instant reaction in the Georgian parliament.
Giorgi Gabashvili, an MP from the opposition UNM party, told the house:
"I hope the Prime Minister lied and I hope the Georgian government
in fact is not studying this option."
The PM's office later published a press release, circulated in
Brussels, which noted: "While not ruling out the possibility of
joining such a union in the future, should it be judged in the
national interest, he [Ivanishvili] stated that 'At this stage,
we have no position at all'."
Georgia's foreign minister, Maia Panjikidze, added: "The whole world is
[studying the Eurasian Union project], including the EU. It is near
us, of course we have to know what is going on."
From: Baghdasarian