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SOS FROM WRECKED SHIP
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 03 November 2014, 23:02
It turns out that Kazakhstan disagreed to the membership of Armenia
to the Eurasian Union and insisted on the membership of Turkey and
Azerbaijan to the union even by October 1, said the deputy minister
of finance Pavel Safaryan.
He said that Kazakhstan is not happy with our membership to that
union and generally nobody is happy except Russia.
Even negotiations on customs duties are not over. It is not clear who
is negotiating. Judging by the behavior of the Armenian government,
he is not negotiation, and nobody is talking to him. Since Moscow
needs Armenia's membership to the Eurasian Economic Union, it has to
conduct the negotiations. However, the one who negotiates should be
able to trade and pay. Who is paying for the membership of Armenia
that Moscow needs to badly? Apparently, not Russia.
Pavel Safaryan's interview sounds like S.O.S. from the wrecked ship.
The numbers that he states illustrating the looming disaster would
be labeled as alarmist had they been uttered by "marginals". However,
a high-ranking finance official is talking about it, which is already
a reason for a bad feeling.
Who is Pavel Safaryan addressing? The treaty on Armenia's membership
to the Eurasian Union has not been sent to the Constitutional Court
because it has become known that not all technical matters have been
agreed. Apparently, there is no final agreement even on prices of
necessities. No agreements may be achieved.
The Armenian parliament is facing a most difficult task, and the whole
responsibility for the membership of Armenia to the wrecked Eurasian
Union even before its maiden voyage will fall heavily on the members
parliament. In fact, Serzh Sargsyan has made a political decision,
evidence to which is the lack of economic plans. The government is
doing its job, warning about threats. The Constitutional Court will
not find any incompliant clauses in the treaty and will send it to
the parliament.
The parliament will have to make a decision. Formerly the official
level did not talk about the risks of joining the Eurasian Economic
Union and losses due to sanctions on Russia. Now the government
is not likely to hide anything. And the parliament cannot overlook
these facts.
Judging by the government's "sincerities", the process of dragging
Armenia into the Eurasian Union has reached a critical point and
Moscow cannot achieve rapport with Kazakhstan and Belarus on the
absorption of Armenia, and they are not even likely to talk to Yerevan.
Will all this lead the Armenian parliament, discussing the pros
and cons (for the time being, the government is talking about the
disadvantages only), to refuse to ratify the treaty and send it back
for further elaboration. And would it be done with Moscow's agreement?
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33166#sthash.b8FXeGHG.dpuf
Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 03 November 2014, 23:02
It turns out that Kazakhstan disagreed to the membership of Armenia
to the Eurasian Union and insisted on the membership of Turkey and
Azerbaijan to the union even by October 1, said the deputy minister
of finance Pavel Safaryan.
He said that Kazakhstan is not happy with our membership to that
union and generally nobody is happy except Russia.
Even negotiations on customs duties are not over. It is not clear who
is negotiating. Judging by the behavior of the Armenian government,
he is not negotiation, and nobody is talking to him. Since Moscow
needs Armenia's membership to the Eurasian Economic Union, it has to
conduct the negotiations. However, the one who negotiates should be
able to trade and pay. Who is paying for the membership of Armenia
that Moscow needs to badly? Apparently, not Russia.
Pavel Safaryan's interview sounds like S.O.S. from the wrecked ship.
The numbers that he states illustrating the looming disaster would
be labeled as alarmist had they been uttered by "marginals". However,
a high-ranking finance official is talking about it, which is already
a reason for a bad feeling.
Who is Pavel Safaryan addressing? The treaty on Armenia's membership
to the Eurasian Union has not been sent to the Constitutional Court
because it has become known that not all technical matters have been
agreed. Apparently, there is no final agreement even on prices of
necessities. No agreements may be achieved.
The Armenian parliament is facing a most difficult task, and the whole
responsibility for the membership of Armenia to the wrecked Eurasian
Union even before its maiden voyage will fall heavily on the members
parliament. In fact, Serzh Sargsyan has made a political decision,
evidence to which is the lack of economic plans. The government is
doing its job, warning about threats. The Constitutional Court will
not find any incompliant clauses in the treaty and will send it to
the parliament.
The parliament will have to make a decision. Formerly the official
level did not talk about the risks of joining the Eurasian Economic
Union and losses due to sanctions on Russia. Now the government
is not likely to hide anything. And the parliament cannot overlook
these facts.
Judging by the government's "sincerities", the process of dragging
Armenia into the Eurasian Union has reached a critical point and
Moscow cannot achieve rapport with Kazakhstan and Belarus on the
absorption of Armenia, and they are not even likely to talk to Yerevan.
Will all this lead the Armenian parliament, discussing the pros
and cons (for the time being, the government is talking about the
disadvantages only), to refuse to ratify the treaty and send it back
for further elaboration. And would it be done with Moscow's agreement?
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/33166#sthash.b8FXeGHG.dpuf