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EURASIAN UNION TREATY RULES OUT POLITICAL INTEGRATION - POLITICIAN
11:00 * 11.11.14
Alexander Arzumanyan, a former foreign minister currently representing
the opposition Heritage faction in parliament, says he doesn't expect
Russia to increase influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
after Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union.
In an interview with Tert.am, the politician noted that Kyrgyzstan's
move to eliminate the political integration component from the
accession treaty practically rules out such possibilities for future.
"What we speak of at the moment is that we will not independently
make our decision to establish customs rates, but rather, will do so
in coordination with partners. There will be a supranational council
to tackle the issue. Thank God, our Kazakh colleagues removed the
political integration component from the treaty, leaving only the
economic part. In this respect, we have a problem in terms of trade
and thecustoms tariffs," he explained.
Arzumanyan said he doesn't think that Russia's involvement in the
Karabakh peace process goes beyond the frameworks of its mandate as
a co-chairing state of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"Russia is a co-chair of the Minsk [Group] as a partner with France
and the United States. That's all. This is a process, so regardless
of any membership in a union and integration trends, that's beyond the
negotiation format. I do not see any point in revising the negotiation
process at the moment," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am
11:00 * 11.11.14
Alexander Arzumanyan, a former foreign minister currently representing
the opposition Heritage faction in parliament, says he doesn't expect
Russia to increase influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
after Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union.
In an interview with Tert.am, the politician noted that Kyrgyzstan's
move to eliminate the political integration component from the
accession treaty practically rules out such possibilities for future.
"What we speak of at the moment is that we will not independently
make our decision to establish customs rates, but rather, will do so
in coordination with partners. There will be a supranational council
to tackle the issue. Thank God, our Kazakh colleagues removed the
political integration component from the treaty, leaving only the
economic part. In this respect, we have a problem in terms of trade
and thecustoms tariffs," he explained.
Arzumanyan said he doesn't think that Russia's involvement in the
Karabakh peace process goes beyond the frameworks of its mandate as
a co-chairing state of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"Russia is a co-chair of the Minsk [Group] as a partner with France
and the United States. That's all. This is a process, so regardless
of any membership in a union and integration trends, that's beyond the
negotiation format. I do not see any point in revising the negotiation
process at the moment," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am