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POLITICAL EXPERT: INVOLVING IN MOSCOW-LED INTEGRATION PROJECTS ARMENIA ENJOYS HIGHER-LEVEL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 11, 12:06
Armenia's key dividend from accession to the Customs Union is
military-political rather than economic and is firmly tied to
security. The statement came from Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Head of the
Caucasus Institute, in response to ArmInfo's question about the road
map of accessing the CU that was published by the Armenian Government.
"The military-political security is a predetermining factor for
both our public and political elite. Accessing the Moscow-led
Customs Union with a perspective of joining the Eurasian Union,
Armenia enjoys higher-level relations with Russia. This, in turn,
gives us preferences in the military-political cooperation, which
is a predetermining factor for Armenia given the ongoing Karabakh
conflict and dangers coming from Turkey," Minasyan said.
Nevertheless, he said, the CU membership will allow fixing the current
gas tariff for Armenia at least till 2018, along with relatively easy
flows of money transfers from Armenian migrants in Russia and easing
of some economic requirements that will foster economy sectors. The
heat over the September 3 statement of President Serzh Sargsyan on
accession to the Customs Union is already in the past, Minasyan said.
Earlier on 3 February, the Government of Armenia published a 249-page
road map for accession to the CU and the Common Economic Space with
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia that was approved yet on 23 January.
The document consists of a program of 262 actions.
From: Baghdasarian
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, February 11, 12:06
Armenia's key dividend from accession to the Customs Union is
military-political rather than economic and is firmly tied to
security. The statement came from Sergey Minasyan, Deputy Head of the
Caucasus Institute, in response to ArmInfo's question about the road
map of accessing the CU that was published by the Armenian Government.
"The military-political security is a predetermining factor for
both our public and political elite. Accessing the Moscow-led
Customs Union with a perspective of joining the Eurasian Union,
Armenia enjoys higher-level relations with Russia. This, in turn,
gives us preferences in the military-political cooperation, which
is a predetermining factor for Armenia given the ongoing Karabakh
conflict and dangers coming from Turkey," Minasyan said.
Nevertheless, he said, the CU membership will allow fixing the current
gas tariff for Armenia at least till 2018, along with relatively easy
flows of money transfers from Armenian migrants in Russia and easing
of some economic requirements that will foster economy sectors. The
heat over the September 3 statement of President Serzh Sargsyan on
accession to the Customs Union is already in the past, Minasyan said.
Earlier on 3 February, the Government of Armenia published a 249-page
road map for accession to the CU and the Common Economic Space with
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia that was approved yet on 23 January.
The document consists of a program of 262 actions.
From: Baghdasarian