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NO CUSTOMS CHECKPOINT WILL BE SET UP BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KARABAKH
June 05, 2014 | 13:56
YEREVAN. - We know how we [Armenians] gave Kars and Nakhichevan;
history repeats itself.
Former MP, non-pro-government Prosperous Armenia Party member,
economist Vardan Bostanjyan stated the aforementioned at a press
conference on Thursday, as he commented on Kazakhstan President
Nursultan Nazarbayev's recent statement that a customs checkpoint
should be set up between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
"No customs checkpoint will be set up between Armenia and Artsakh
[Nagorno-Karabakh], and that's the end! If there should be such a
condition, we shall seek another partner. We know history very well,
and we should be cautious," Bostanjyan noted.
Ruling Republican Party (RPA) MP Lernik Aleksanyan, on the other hand,
expressed a conviction that Russia itself is interested so that there
will not be a regression in the Karabakh issue.
"We should never allow for the signing of a document which will be a
regression in our relations. A regression in relations with Artsakh
is not in Russia's interests," Aleksanyan stated.
The RPA MP was surprised at Armenian News-NEWS.am's query on whether
it is correct to set up a customs checkpoint between Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh.
"There is a customs checkpoint between Armenia and Artsakh. What are
you talking about?" he asked.
He also noted that two independent countries can decide on how the
customs checkpoint can operate.
The treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union
(EaEU) was signed, in the Kazakh capital city Astana on May 29, by
the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In addition, Armenia
President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the meeting of the Supreme
Eurasian Economic Council and offered to sign a treaty on Armenia's
Union accession by no later than June 15.
In response, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke
about the letter by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev calling to
accept Armenia into the Eurasian Union only within the limits of
the country's internationally recognized borders, and not including
Nagorno-Karabakh. But Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part,
stressed the need to sign a respective document with Armenia in the
shortest period of time.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: A. Papazian
June 05, 2014 | 13:56
YEREVAN. - We know how we [Armenians] gave Kars and Nakhichevan;
history repeats itself.
Former MP, non-pro-government Prosperous Armenia Party member,
economist Vardan Bostanjyan stated the aforementioned at a press
conference on Thursday, as he commented on Kazakhstan President
Nursultan Nazarbayev's recent statement that a customs checkpoint
should be set up between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
"No customs checkpoint will be set up between Armenia and Artsakh
[Nagorno-Karabakh], and that's the end! If there should be such a
condition, we shall seek another partner. We know history very well,
and we should be cautious," Bostanjyan noted.
Ruling Republican Party (RPA) MP Lernik Aleksanyan, on the other hand,
expressed a conviction that Russia itself is interested so that there
will not be a regression in the Karabakh issue.
"We should never allow for the signing of a document which will be a
regression in our relations. A regression in relations with Artsakh
is not in Russia's interests," Aleksanyan stated.
The RPA MP was surprised at Armenian News-NEWS.am's query on whether
it is correct to set up a customs checkpoint between Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh.
"There is a customs checkpoint between Armenia and Artsakh. What are
you talking about?" he asked.
He also noted that two independent countries can decide on how the
customs checkpoint can operate.
The treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union
(EaEU) was signed, in the Kazakh capital city Astana on May 29, by
the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In addition, Armenia
President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the meeting of the Supreme
Eurasian Economic Council and offered to sign a treaty on Armenia's
Union accession by no later than June 15.
In response, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke
about the letter by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev calling to
accept Armenia into the Eurasian Union only within the limits of
the country's internationally recognized borders, and not including
Nagorno-Karabakh. But Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part,
stressed the need to sign a respective document with Armenia in the
shortest period of time.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: A. Papazian