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ARZUMANIAN: AFTER MANY YEARS OF TALKS, SUCH TURN OF EVENTS INEXPLICABLE
"We really need explanations since following the talks held in the
past 3.5 years, such a turn of events is inexplicable," parliamentary
deputy, former Foreign Minister of Armenia Alexander Arzumanain told
reporters today.
According to him, the statement made by Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan in Moscow has brought the principle of 'and-and' to naught.
Arzumanian said the European Union has not yet made a decision,
whereas the first reaction came from the countries which were the
initiators of Eastern Partnership Program.
"These are Poland, Baltic and Scandinavian states. It is no accident
that foreign ministers of those countries have issued a statement
that rules out the signing of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area
Agreement with Armenia in case our country joins the Customs Union,"
the deputy said.
In the opinion of Arzumanian, if prior to the Eastern Partnership
summit to be held in Vilnius, Armenia signs any document about joining
the Customs Union , the initialing of the Association Agreement with
the EU will come under threat.
Alexander Arzumanian said that the European Union's statements show
that the EU has been perplexed, while Russia is exerting similar
pressure on Ukraine and Moldova, although Ukraine has made statements
to the effect that it will never sign an agreement on joining the
Customs Union, and Ukraine is much more important to the EU than
Armenia.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/09/05/aleqsandr-arzumanyan/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
"We really need explanations since following the talks held in the
past 3.5 years, such a turn of events is inexplicable," parliamentary
deputy, former Foreign Minister of Armenia Alexander Arzumanain told
reporters today.
According to him, the statement made by Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan in Moscow has brought the principle of 'and-and' to naught.
Arzumanian said the European Union has not yet made a decision,
whereas the first reaction came from the countries which were the
initiators of Eastern Partnership Program.
"These are Poland, Baltic and Scandinavian states. It is no accident
that foreign ministers of those countries have issued a statement
that rules out the signing of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area
Agreement with Armenia in case our country joins the Customs Union,"
the deputy said.
In the opinion of Arzumanian, if prior to the Eastern Partnership
summit to be held in Vilnius, Armenia signs any document about joining
the Customs Union , the initialing of the Association Agreement with
the EU will come under threat.
Alexander Arzumanian said that the European Union's statements show
that the EU has been perplexed, while Russia is exerting similar
pressure on Ukraine and Moldova, although Ukraine has made statements
to the effect that it will never sign an agreement on joining the
Customs Union, and Ukraine is much more important to the EU than
Armenia.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/09/05/aleqsandr-arzumanyan/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress