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ARMENIA'S MEMBERSHIP IN EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION WITHOUT SPECIAL CONDITIONS ECONOMICALLY UNREASONABLE - EXPERT
YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. Economic reasonability of Armenia's
membership in the Eurasian Economic Union without providing special
conditions to it contradicts formal logic, Sergey Minasyan, chief
of Caucasus Institute's political analysis division, said Friday in
Novosti International Press Center during a Yerevan-Moscow televised
bridge called Eurasian Choice - Armenia - 2014.
On one hand, the process of accession to the Eurasian Economic Union
is being dragged out, he said, but on the other hand, many economic,
financial and customs problems are not solved and it is not clear
whether they will be solved.
"Otherwise, economic reasonability of Armenia's membership is called
into question, since it will not necessarily have favorable impacts
on economic and social things in the country, if Armenia joins the
union on common conditions," the expert said.
More than that, he said, Armenia may become an economic and financial
burden on other member countries.
"Armenia has neither geographical nor communicative borders with
the Customs Union's core, and the link is Georgia, but Georgia has
already joined the European economic zone," Minasyan said.
On May 29, at a session of Eurasian Economic Council in Astana,
Kazakhstan, the Armenian president expressed Yerevan's intention to
join the Eurasian Economic Union agreement until June 15. However,
appropriate papers have not been signed so far.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting
of Russian diplomats, said Armenian will become a full member of the
union very soon.
In resent days, media outlets quoted Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan
Idrisov as saying that the agreement between Armenia and Eurasian
Economic Union is likely to be signed in October 2014 at a regular
meeting of Eurasian Economic Union countries' presidents in Minsk.
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YEREVAN, July 11. /ARKA/. Economic reasonability of Armenia's
membership in the Eurasian Economic Union without providing special
conditions to it contradicts formal logic, Sergey Minasyan, chief
of Caucasus Institute's political analysis division, said Friday in
Novosti International Press Center during a Yerevan-Moscow televised
bridge called Eurasian Choice - Armenia - 2014.
On one hand, the process of accession to the Eurasian Economic Union
is being dragged out, he said, but on the other hand, many economic,
financial and customs problems are not solved and it is not clear
whether they will be solved.
"Otherwise, economic reasonability of Armenia's membership is called
into question, since it will not necessarily have favorable impacts
on economic and social things in the country, if Armenia joins the
union on common conditions," the expert said.
More than that, he said, Armenia may become an economic and financial
burden on other member countries.
"Armenia has neither geographical nor communicative borders with
the Customs Union's core, and the link is Georgia, but Georgia has
already joined the European economic zone," Minasyan said.
On May 29, at a session of Eurasian Economic Council in Astana,
Kazakhstan, the Armenian president expressed Yerevan's intention to
join the Eurasian Economic Union agreement until June 15. However,
appropriate papers have not been signed so far.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting
of Russian diplomats, said Armenian will become a full member of the
union very soon.
In resent days, media outlets quoted Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan
Idrisov as saying that the agreement between Armenia and Eurasian
Economic Union is likely to be signed in October 2014 at a regular
meeting of Eurasian Economic Union countries' presidents in Minsk.
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http://arka.am/en/news/economy/armenia_s_membership_in_eurasian_economic_union_wi thout_special_conditions_economically_unreasonable/#sthash.ZSzX4oLH.dpuf