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WORLD PRESS ON ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION (DECEMBER 9-10, 2014)
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Dec 10 2014
10 December 2014 - 8:09pm
World press on the Armenian-Russian relations and the Eurasian Economic
Union (December 10, 2014) Russia's lower house of Parliament voted
unanimously on Wednesday to approve a treaty allowing Armenia to join
the Eurasian Economic Union.
"Armenia Wins Backing to Join Trade Bloc Championed by Putin" reads
the title of the article by David Hershenzon published by the New
York Times.
Describing the Eurasian Economic Union the article says: "Tensions
have emerged in recent months, however, as Russia has come under
economic pressure as a result of sanctions imposed by the West over the
Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine. Russia's mounting economic worries,
including a steep decline in the ruble and a simultaneous slide in
global oil prices, have weighed on its closest trading partners,
particularly Belarus".
"Armenia, like Ukraine, had been working toward closer political and
economic relations with the European Union, including steps toward
a new free-trade accord. That all changed abruptly in September 2013
as Russia stepped up efforts to thwart a European Union program aimed
at strengthening ties with former Soviet republics. After a meeting
in Moscow that September with Mr. Putin, the Armenian president,
Serzh Sargsyan, announced that he was abandoning the European talks
and that his country would join Russia's economic bloc instead",
reads the article.
"His decision set off some protests in Yerevan, the Armenian capital,
but the country ultimately had little choice as it is heavily dependent
on Russia for economic and security assistance. The value to Armenia
of joining the trade bloc has been questioned, in part because the
country shares no common border with any of the other member countries.
The European Union has been Armenia's main trading partner. Its economy
is severely hamstrung because borders with two of its neighbors, Turkey
and Azerbaijan, are sealed as a result of longstanding conflicts,
" writes the New York Times.
Russia's lower house of Parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to
approve a treaty allowing Armenia to join the Eurasian Economic Union.
"Armenia Wins Backing to Join Trade Bloc Championed by Putin" reads
the title of the article by David Hershenzon published by the New
York Times.
Describing the Eurasian Economic Union the article says: "Tensions
have emerged in recent months, however, as Russia has come under
economic pressure as a result of sanctions imposed by the West over the
Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine. Russia's mounting economic worries,
including a steep decline in the ruble and a simultaneous slide in
global oil prices, have weighed on its closest trading partners,
particularly Belarus".
"Armenia, like Ukraine, had been working toward closer political and
economic relations with the European Union, including steps toward
a new free-trade accord. That all changed abruptly in September 2013
as Russia stepped up efforts to thwart a European Union program aimed
at strengthening ties with former Soviet republics. After a meeting
in Moscow that September with Mr. Putin, the Armenian president,
Serzh Sargsyan, announced that he was abandoning the European talks
and that his country would join Russia's economic bloc instead",
reads the article.
"His decision set off some protests in Yerevan, the Armenian capital,
but the country ultimately had little choice as it is heavily dependent
on Russia for economic and security assistance. The value to Armenia of
joining the trade bloc has been questioned, in part because the country
shares no common border with any of the other member countries. The
European Union has been Armenia's main trading partner.
Its economy is severely hamstrung because borders with two of
its neighbors, Turkey and Azerbaijan, are sealed as a result of
longstanding conflicts, " writes the New York Times.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/world-press-review/politics/63177.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Dec 10 2014
10 December 2014 - 8:09pm
World press on the Armenian-Russian relations and the Eurasian Economic
Union (December 10, 2014) Russia's lower house of Parliament voted
unanimously on Wednesday to approve a treaty allowing Armenia to join
the Eurasian Economic Union.
"Armenia Wins Backing to Join Trade Bloc Championed by Putin" reads
the title of the article by David Hershenzon published by the New
York Times.
Describing the Eurasian Economic Union the article says: "Tensions
have emerged in recent months, however, as Russia has come under
economic pressure as a result of sanctions imposed by the West over the
Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine. Russia's mounting economic worries,
including a steep decline in the ruble and a simultaneous slide in
global oil prices, have weighed on its closest trading partners,
particularly Belarus".
"Armenia, like Ukraine, had been working toward closer political and
economic relations with the European Union, including steps toward
a new free-trade accord. That all changed abruptly in September 2013
as Russia stepped up efforts to thwart a European Union program aimed
at strengthening ties with former Soviet republics. After a meeting
in Moscow that September with Mr. Putin, the Armenian president,
Serzh Sargsyan, announced that he was abandoning the European talks
and that his country would join Russia's economic bloc instead",
reads the article.
"His decision set off some protests in Yerevan, the Armenian capital,
but the country ultimately had little choice as it is heavily dependent
on Russia for economic and security assistance. The value to Armenia
of joining the trade bloc has been questioned, in part because the
country shares no common border with any of the other member countries.
The European Union has been Armenia's main trading partner. Its economy
is severely hamstrung because borders with two of its neighbors, Turkey
and Azerbaijan, are sealed as a result of longstanding conflicts,
" writes the New York Times.
Russia's lower house of Parliament voted unanimously on Wednesday to
approve a treaty allowing Armenia to join the Eurasian Economic Union.
"Armenia Wins Backing to Join Trade Bloc Championed by Putin" reads
the title of the article by David Hershenzon published by the New
York Times.
Describing the Eurasian Economic Union the article says: "Tensions
have emerged in recent months, however, as Russia has come under
economic pressure as a result of sanctions imposed by the West over the
Kremlin's intervention in Ukraine. Russia's mounting economic worries,
including a steep decline in the ruble and a simultaneous slide in
global oil prices, have weighed on its closest trading partners,
particularly Belarus".
"Armenia, like Ukraine, had been working toward closer political and
economic relations with the European Union, including steps toward
a new free-trade accord. That all changed abruptly in September 2013
as Russia stepped up efforts to thwart a European Union program aimed
at strengthening ties with former Soviet republics. After a meeting
in Moscow that September with Mr. Putin, the Armenian president,
Serzh Sargsyan, announced that he was abandoning the European talks
and that his country would join Russia's economic bloc instead",
reads the article.
"His decision set off some protests in Yerevan, the Armenian capital,
but the country ultimately had little choice as it is heavily dependent
on Russia for economic and security assistance. The value to Armenia of
joining the trade bloc has been questioned, in part because the country
shares no common border with any of the other member countries. The
European Union has been Armenia's main trading partner.
Its economy is severely hamstrung because borders with two of
its neighbors, Turkey and Azerbaijan, are sealed as a result of
longstanding conflicts, " writes the New York Times.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/world-press-review/politics/63177.html