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EXPERT: ARMENIA NOT TO JOIN EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION IN NEAREST DAYS AND WEEKS
YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Armenia will not join the Eurasian Economic
Union in the nearest days and weeks because of some technical and
political problems, Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus
Institute, said Tuesday at a news conference.
"Nevertheless, all these problems are solvable, and discord between
Armenia and Eurasian Economic Union countries is not catastrophic,"
he said adding that the matter settlement is under way now.
In his words, there are three reasons why the Eurasian Economic Union
countries are so slow in accepting Armenia - technical problems
in implementing the roadmap, obstacles in coordination with other
EEU member countries and contradictions among Russia, Kazakhstan
and Belarus.
In particular, the Customs Union or the Eurasian Economic Union makes
its decisions by 2/3 of votes. It means Belarus and Kazakhstan now
have levers to influence Russia, but things will change after Armenia
joins the union.
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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From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, July 15. /ARKA/. Armenia will not join the Eurasian Economic
Union in the nearest days and weeks because of some technical and
political problems, Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus
Institute, said Tuesday at a news conference.
"Nevertheless, all these problems are solvable, and discord between
Armenia and Eurasian Economic Union countries is not catastrophic,"
he said adding that the matter settlement is under way now.
In his words, there are three reasons why the Eurasian Economic Union
countries are so slow in accepting Armenia - technical problems
in implementing the roadmap, obstacles in coordination with other
EEU member countries and contradictions among Russia, Kazakhstan
and Belarus.
In particular, the Customs Union or the Eurasian Economic Union makes
its decisions by 2/3 of votes. It means Belarus and Kazakhstan now
have levers to influence Russia, but things will change after Armenia
joins the union.
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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- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/expert_armenia_not_to_join_eurasian_economic_union _in_nearest_days_and_weeks_/#sthash.3cR3qGZ9.dpuf
From: A. Papazian