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CHORRORD INQNISHKHANUTYUN: EUROPE KNEW OF ARMENIA'S CUSTOMS UNION PLAN?
10:49 11.09.13
Before his landmark statement in Moscow, expressing Armenia's
commitment to join the Eurasian Customs Union, President Serzh Sargsyan
had reportedly met European officials to tell them about the plan.
Citing its sources, the paper says that his private visit to Croatia
in late August was aimed at keeping European partners in the know of
the move.
An official statement issued by the Presidential Office gave no
details about the visit, says the paper, adding that the political
circles too, were somewhat indifferent to that. Days later Secretary
of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan said his agency
had informed the partners in Europe that Armenia had decided to sign
the Customs Union declaration.
The president is said to have really met with high-ranking European
officials in Croatia to tell them about the plan. His statement
reportedly came as a surprise to the Europeans but they nonetheless
refrained from demanding any explanations, the paper adds. Instead,
Sargsyan himself had to explain to them the security concerns over
Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, saying that the country's borders and
the liberated areas surrounding Karabakh are under Russian protection,
comments the paper.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
10:49 11.09.13
Before his landmark statement in Moscow, expressing Armenia's
commitment to join the Eurasian Customs Union, President Serzh Sargsyan
had reportedly met European officials to tell them about the plan.
Citing its sources, the paper says that his private visit to Croatia
in late August was aimed at keeping European partners in the know of
the move.
An official statement issued by the Presidential Office gave no
details about the visit, says the paper, adding that the political
circles too, were somewhat indifferent to that. Days later Secretary
of the National Security Council Arthur Baghdasaryan said his agency
had informed the partners in Europe that Armenia had decided to sign
the Customs Union declaration.
The president is said to have really met with high-ranking European
officials in Croatia to tell them about the plan. His statement
reportedly came as a surprise to the Europeans but they nonetheless
refrained from demanding any explanations, the paper adds. Instead,
Sargsyan himself had to explain to them the security concerns over
Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, saying that the country's borders and
the liberated areas surrounding Karabakh are under Russian protection,
comments the paper.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian