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WPS Agency (Russia)
October 13, 2014 Monday
by Konstantin Nikolayev
Source: Novye Izvestia, No 183, October 13, 2014, p. 2
ARMENIA JOINED THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION BUT IT MEANS TO CONTINUE
ITS OWN DIALOGUE WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION ALL THE SAME; Armenia will
become a full-fledged member of the Eurasian Economic Union on January
1, 2015.
Armenia's Serj Sargsjan said yesterday that membership in the Eurasian
Economic Union was no impediment for continuation of the dialogue
with the European Union. The Armenian opposition is trying to use the
Eurasian Economic Union accord to promote its own objectives. The
government of Armenia is castigated for the decision to join the
Eurasian Economic Union, the decision that is unlikely to be reversed,
criticism or not.
Armenia joined the Eurasian Economic Union, a structure already
comprising Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, at the summit in Minsk
last Friday. It will become a full-fledged member of the Eurasian
Economic Union on January 1, 2015. As for the planned continuation
of the dialogue with the European Union, Sargsjan announced it on
his visit to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia where he met with his
Serbian opposite number Tomislav Nikolic.
Sargsjan said at the press conference in Belgrade that the motives to
join the Eurasian Economic Union were purely economic, that they did
not mean severance of ties with the European Union. "These relations
with the European Union will continue... as will the democratic
reforms."
The Armenian opposition in the meantime announced that the signing
of the Eurasian Economic Union treaty meant that Armenia could bid
a fond adieu to Europe. A major rally was organized in the center of
Yerevan on October 10. One of the opposition leaders Raffi Ovannisjan
said that the leadership of the country was on Russia's payroll and
condemned it for what he called treason against the state and betrayal
of national interests.
No clashes with the police took place, fortunately. It is clear,
however, that this mass event was not the last.
Aleksei Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center pointed out that
Armenia was going to join the Eurasian Economic Union no matter what.
"It has nowhere else to turn to," Malashenko said. "Armenia
needs Russia's support in its confrontation with Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia needs Russian investments... Hence the
decision to join the Eurasian Economic Union."
[Translated from Russian]
WPS Agency (Russia)
October 13, 2014 Monday
by Konstantin Nikolayev
Source: Novye Izvestia, No 183, October 13, 2014, p. 2
ARMENIA JOINED THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION BUT IT MEANS TO CONTINUE
ITS OWN DIALOGUE WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION ALL THE SAME; Armenia will
become a full-fledged member of the Eurasian Economic Union on January
1, 2015.
Armenia's Serj Sargsjan said yesterday that membership in the Eurasian
Economic Union was no impediment for continuation of the dialogue
with the European Union. The Armenian opposition is trying to use the
Eurasian Economic Union accord to promote its own objectives. The
government of Armenia is castigated for the decision to join the
Eurasian Economic Union, the decision that is unlikely to be reversed,
criticism or not.
Armenia joined the Eurasian Economic Union, a structure already
comprising Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, at the summit in Minsk
last Friday. It will become a full-fledged member of the Eurasian
Economic Union on January 1, 2015. As for the planned continuation
of the dialogue with the European Union, Sargsjan announced it on
his visit to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia where he met with his
Serbian opposite number Tomislav Nikolic.
Sargsjan said at the press conference in Belgrade that the motives to
join the Eurasian Economic Union were purely economic, that they did
not mean severance of ties with the European Union. "These relations
with the European Union will continue... as will the democratic
reforms."
The Armenian opposition in the meantime announced that the signing
of the Eurasian Economic Union treaty meant that Armenia could bid
a fond adieu to Europe. A major rally was organized in the center of
Yerevan on October 10. One of the opposition leaders Raffi Ovannisjan
said that the leadership of the country was on Russia's payroll and
condemned it for what he called treason against the state and betrayal
of national interests.
No clashes with the police took place, fortunately. It is clear,
however, that this mass event was not the last.
Aleksei Malashenko of the Carnegie Moscow Center pointed out that
Armenia was going to join the Eurasian Economic Union no matter what.
"It has nowhere else to turn to," Malashenko said. "Armenia
needs Russia's support in its confrontation with Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia needs Russian investments... Hence the
decision to join the Eurasian Economic Union."
[Translated from Russian]