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No political reasons for delay in Armenia's accession to Eurasian
Union - analyst
14:36 * 06.07.14
Political analyst Sergey Shakaryan believes that the reasons for the
delay in Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union are not
political ones.
Specifically, it is not the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
"With respect to Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] Armenia should amend its
Constitution and designate Artsakh as part of Armenia. Thus, Armenia
should state it is a member of all organizations only with Artsakh as
its part. Otherwise, Armenia has nothing in common with the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic because Nagorno-Karabakh has its own
Constitution and is supposed to apply for the membership in any
organization as an independent entity," Shakaryan told Tert.am.
He does not believe that Azerbaijan will join the Customs Union
because Turkey will prevent it.
"By negotiating with Russia and Kazakhstan Turkey shows it claims to
be the first, followed by Azerbaijan because Azerbaijan is a card for
Turkey," he said.
As to Kazakhstan's position, Shakaryan believes that Kazakhstan has
always been seeking to be a center of the Turkic world rather than of
the Eurasian world.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/07/06/shaqarianc/
Union - analyst
14:36 * 06.07.14
Political analyst Sergey Shakaryan believes that the reasons for the
delay in Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union are not
political ones.
Specifically, it is not the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
"With respect to Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] Armenia should amend its
Constitution and designate Artsakh as part of Armenia. Thus, Armenia
should state it is a member of all organizations only with Artsakh as
its part. Otherwise, Armenia has nothing in common with the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic because Nagorno-Karabakh has its own
Constitution and is supposed to apply for the membership in any
organization as an independent entity," Shakaryan told Tert.am.
He does not believe that Azerbaijan will join the Customs Union
because Turkey will prevent it.
"By negotiating with Russia and Kazakhstan Turkey shows it claims to
be the first, followed by Azerbaijan because Azerbaijan is a card for
Turkey," he said.
As to Kazakhstan's position, Shakaryan believes that Kazakhstan has
always been seeking to be a center of the Turkic world rather than of
the Eurasian world.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/07/06/shaqarianc/