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CUSTOMS BORDER BETWEEN ARMENIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH RULED OUT: FOREIGN MINISTRY
YEREVAN, September 6. /ARKA/. Establishing a customs border between
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh is ruled out, deputy head of Armenian
foreign ministry Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters Thursday.
"For us Karabakh is the red line which we will never cross, and
naturally, a frontier between Armenia and Karabakh is ruled out",
he said.
Kocharyan said Armenia never ruled out its accession to the Customs
Union, but had negotiated with the Eurasian Commission and the Russian
side to solve a number of problems obstructing the process.
"In particular, one of the key problems was that there is no common
border between Armenia and Customs Union countries. As a result of
multi-lateral negotiations we concluded it is beneficial to Armenia",
he said.
The deputy foreign minister said the negotiations helped find solutions
to compensate for Armenia's possible losses from the membership under
the condition of no common border with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
"You will have an opportunity to get a full idea about benefits of
accession to the customs union for Armenia", Kocharyan said.
Tuesday, after the negotiations between Armenia's and Russia's
presidents, a statement was made saying Armenia intends to enter
the Customs Union and participate later in formation of the Eurasian
Economic Union. -0--
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YEREVAN, September 6. /ARKA/. Establishing a customs border between
Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh is ruled out, deputy head of Armenian
foreign ministry Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters Thursday.
"For us Karabakh is the red line which we will never cross, and
naturally, a frontier between Armenia and Karabakh is ruled out",
he said.
Kocharyan said Armenia never ruled out its accession to the Customs
Union, but had negotiated with the Eurasian Commission and the Russian
side to solve a number of problems obstructing the process.
"In particular, one of the key problems was that there is no common
border between Armenia and Customs Union countries. As a result of
multi-lateral negotiations we concluded it is beneficial to Armenia",
he said.
The deputy foreign minister said the negotiations helped find solutions
to compensate for Armenia's possible losses from the membership under
the condition of no common border with Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
"You will have an opportunity to get a full idea about benefits of
accession to the customs union for Armenia", Kocharyan said.
Tuesday, after the negotiations between Armenia's and Russia's
presidents, a statement was made saying Armenia intends to enter
the Customs Union and participate later in formation of the Eurasian
Economic Union. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/customs_border_between_armenia_and_nagorno_karabak h_ruled_out_foreign_ministry/#sthash.21wRL9Iu.dpuf