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ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN'S GOODS WILL NOT FLOW LIKE RIVER INTO CU - ECONOMIST
February 27, 2014 | 12:31
YEREVAN. - The Customs Union (CU) opens good prospects before Armenian
businessman only temporarily.
Economist Gagik Makaryan, who is Chairman of the Republican Union of
Employers of Armenia, told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"If we develop our economy, the CU will be good for us temporarily.
Our businessmen are managers of the Soviet culture. Naturally, the
Russian business is familiar to them," he said.
Nonetheless, Makaryan expressed a conviction that these businessmen
are being replaced by new businessmen, who are not pro-Russian.
As per the economist, the Armenian products will be in demand in the
CU countries solely if the Armenian party signs proper agreements.
"If we want to survive, we need to negotiate correctly, sign proper
agreements. If the [Armenian] businessmen think that it will be as it
was before, it will not be like that. Our goods will not flow like a
river into Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan," Gagik Makaryan concluded.
Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow
between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir
Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs
Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic
Union. In December 2013, the "road map" for Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union was adopted. And in January of this year, the Government
of Armenia approved the action plan for the implementation of this
"road map." Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are
members in the Customs Union.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian
February 27, 2014 | 12:31
YEREVAN. - The Customs Union (CU) opens good prospects before Armenian
businessman only temporarily.
Economist Gagik Makaryan, who is Chairman of the Republican Union of
Employers of Armenia, told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"If we develop our economy, the CU will be good for us temporarily.
Our businessmen are managers of the Soviet culture. Naturally, the
Russian business is familiar to them," he said.
Nonetheless, Makaryan expressed a conviction that these businessmen
are being replaced by new businessmen, who are not pro-Russian.
As per the economist, the Armenian products will be in demand in the
CU countries solely if the Armenian party signs proper agreements.
"If we want to survive, we need to negotiate correctly, sign proper
agreements. If the [Armenian] businessmen think that it will be as it
was before, it will not be like that. Our goods will not flow like a
river into Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan," Gagik Makaryan concluded.
Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow
between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir
Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs
Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic
Union. In December 2013, the "road map" for Armenia's accession to the
Customs Union was adopted. And in January of this year, the Government
of Armenia approved the action plan for the implementation of this
"road map." Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are
members in the Customs Union.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian