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IN WHAT SEQUENCE HAS ARMENIA TAKEN STEPS TOWARD CUSTOMS UNION?
September 17, 2013 | 01:45
YEREVAN. - It is considered that Armenia has begun its integration
processes with the Customs Union on September 3, following the
agreement which Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and
Vladimir Putin had reached in Moscow.
But the aforesaid is not quite true.
In reality, Armenia's first step toward the Customs Union was taken on
August 8, 2012, again in Moscow, and again during a meeting between the
two presidents. On that day, they agreed to establish a working group
to ascertain the chances for Armenia's accession to the Customs Union.
Subsequently, in an interview with the Russian Rossiya 24 television
on December 21, Sargsyan spoke in more certainty in favor of joining
the Customs Union.
Next, Armenia signed the first formal document with the Customs
Union on April 10, when Eurasian Economic Commission Chairman
Viktor Khristenko had visited Armenia. This was a memorandum, and
such memorandum is signed with Ukraine, too. In actual fact, Russia
views such memoranda as the first step on the road to the Customs
Union accession.
In parallel with the abovementioned, respective activities also became
more active at the parliamentary level.
And following all these processes, Armenia's wish to join the Customs
Union was announced on September 3, in Moscow.
http://news.am/eng/news/171494.html
September 17, 2013 | 01:45
YEREVAN. - It is considered that Armenia has begun its integration
processes with the Customs Union on September 3, following the
agreement which Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and
Vladimir Putin had reached in Moscow.
But the aforesaid is not quite true.
In reality, Armenia's first step toward the Customs Union was taken on
August 8, 2012, again in Moscow, and again during a meeting between the
two presidents. On that day, they agreed to establish a working group
to ascertain the chances for Armenia's accession to the Customs Union.
Subsequently, in an interview with the Russian Rossiya 24 television
on December 21, Sargsyan spoke in more certainty in favor of joining
the Customs Union.
Next, Armenia signed the first formal document with the Customs
Union on April 10, when Eurasian Economic Commission Chairman
Viktor Khristenko had visited Armenia. This was a memorandum, and
such memorandum is signed with Ukraine, too. In actual fact, Russia
views such memoranda as the first step on the road to the Customs
Union accession.
In parallel with the abovementioned, respective activities also became
more active at the parliamentary level.
And following all these processes, Armenia's wish to join the Customs
Union was announced on September 3, in Moscow.
http://news.am/eng/news/171494.html