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    EUROPE AND RUSSIA: FORMER WILL REGISTER HIDDEN PROFITS, LATTER OFFERS PLUNDER

    14:51 ~U 25.09.13

    The Customs Union is from now on a reality. Asked about the benefits
    Armenia may gain from the Customs Union, Artak Davtyan, a Republican
    Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member, said, "dozens
    of them."

    Armenia's readiness to join the Customs Union was expected, and
    President Serzh Sargsyan's statement was the only logical step.

    The MP reminded the journalists that Armenia has preferred the
    Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to NATO.

    "If we preferred the CSTO, we are expected to have economic
    foundations. So it is natural that we cannot seek an alliance with
    any other forces. I could point to dozens of positive provisions, but
    the most important is regaining our markets. I mean both the Nairit
    plant and the Vanadzor-based Khimprom and the electronic industry,
    which was once developed, as well as food industry and agriculture. The
    Customs Union cannot be compared with the European Union's proposal,"
    Davtyan said.

    On the other hand, one of Armenia's losses from initialing an
    Association Agreement with the EU might be the supply of natural gas
    at European prices, which means a double economic loss.

    Vice-Chairperson of the Free Democrats party Anush Sedrakyan said that,
    in contrast to the ruling party representatives, Free Democrats feel
    free in voicing their opinions.

    "Europe will register hidden profits. The EU forces economies to be
    efficient. But Russia says 'let us plunder together'," she said.

    With respect to the benefits listed by Artak Davtyan, she said:
    "When a foreign journalist asked Armenia's FM about the Customs
    Union's benefits, he did not say anything. Did not he know? Secondly,
    if we must have economic foundations within the collective security
    system - have you been unaware of the fact that we are part of one
    collective system during the three-year-and-a-half-long talks? Thirdly,
    with respect to regaining the economic markets, I far as I know the
    enterprises [Nairit and Khimprom] do not operate. So does the Customs
    Union have to invest in the re-operation of the industrial giants? And
    then they will have to invest in transport and communication? As far
    as I know Russia refused to invest in the railroad. Nor a gas price
    reduction was discussed," she said.

    "Two superpowers, the United States and Russia, are bluffing. The
    former has economic foundations, the latter has not any. It is a
    question of spheres of influence," Sedrakyan said.

    In response, Davtyan said that Russia intends to invest RUB 15bn in
    the Armenian railroads. He noted that it is a time-consuming process.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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