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ARMENIA IN EAEU: THE BEGINNING OF THE PATH
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 15 2014
15 October 2014 - 8:33am
By Vestnik Kavkaza
Armenia signed the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty at the Minsk
summit at the end of last week. It is obvious that the signing of the
document is only the beginning of Yerevan's path towards adaption to
the integration mechanism.
Mikhail Krotov, an advisor of the State Duma speaker, believes that
"it is too early to talk about full-fledged membership, some inner
state procedures need to be taken. The fact that the triplet has
turned into a quartet is a very important and a remarkable event...
Armenia's joining the EaEU cannot be narrowed down to solely economic
issues. It is a continuation of the geopolitical choice people of
Armenia made many years ago to be with Russia."
According to Krotov, "Armenian authorities - the government and the
parliament - have shown wonders of organized nature in fulfilling
over 280 points of the road map to join the EaEU. Everything has
been fulfilled perfectly, the optimal scheme has been implemented, in
other words, for the first time we have a model when a country without
common borders with other members of the Customs Union will take part
in it nonetheless. It is very important for a country to fix political
stability on the path of the Eurasian vector of Armenia's development.
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are the most politically stable
countries and the most successful. The GDP per capita at par with
the consuming potential is $22,500 in Russia, $20,500 in Kazakhstan,
$16,500 in Belarus. Comparatively, Ukraine and Moldova have a GDP
per capita of $8,000 and $4,000."
Oleg Noginsky, the chairman of the board of the Suppliers of the
Customs Union Association, says that "joining the EaEU itself is not
a remedy for salvation of the economy. The Eurasian Economic Union
is a field of opportunities that need intensive and scrupulous work,
starting with implementation of new technical regulations. It is
work with the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Eurasian Bank for
Reconstruction and Development... We need to understand that no one
will come and just give for no reason."
Johnny Melikyan, an Armenian political analyst, the head of the Center
for Political and Legal Studies, reminded that Armenian opposition
organized protests in Yerevan on the day of signing of the EaEU
Treaty. "Many Western media with influence in Armenia used it to
show that some number of people speaks against that step of Armenian
authorities. In reality, the opposition field of Armenia has hardly
any power, except one pro-Western party, to speak against joining
the EaEU."
Nonetheless, according to Johnny Melikyan, there is a problem with
popularizing the EaEU: "There is need for more public hearings, for
Armenian government to hold events, so that the common population,
residents of Armenia, understood why the prices for gas are low today;
why an ordinary Armenian citizen has opportunities to enter Russia
without problems. We all know how big the sum of transfers are in
the national GDP in the Republic of Armenia."
Denis Tyurin, the director of the SCO Business Club, believes that
"Armenia's joining the EaEU is not an end in some process, it is just
the beginning of big and very hard work for integration of Armenian
economy into the economy of countries of the Customs Union. There
will be difficulties of other nature on this path, what matters is
counterstanding international forces reluctant to form a powerful
bloc that would act in the interests of the countries, not interests
of the Western capital."
According to Tyurin, "Western funds, different grant-givers show
great activeness to intensify negative moments associated with
public perception of Armenia's joining the EaEU. We see growing
protest activeness, emergence of many different non-governmental
organizations operating using foreign funds, stirring up the public,
making different undesired forecasts for the future of Armenian
economy and the future of the civil society in Armenia come true. We
see discredit of the Armenian government with the money of Western
grant-givers in European and world media."
Tyurin understands that "the negative tendencies clearly manifesting
in the country's joining the Eurasian Economic Union deserve special
attention from the public of Armenia and the government. In other
words, Armenia has a long way towards establishment of economic ties
with Russia and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and
in overcoming the powerful information campaign initiated on the
territory of the country by Western states to discredit Armenia's
participation in the Eurasian Economic Union."
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/61075.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 15 2014
15 October 2014 - 8:33am
By Vestnik Kavkaza
Armenia signed the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty at the Minsk
summit at the end of last week. It is obvious that the signing of the
document is only the beginning of Yerevan's path towards adaption to
the integration mechanism.
Mikhail Krotov, an advisor of the State Duma speaker, believes that
"it is too early to talk about full-fledged membership, some inner
state procedures need to be taken. The fact that the triplet has
turned into a quartet is a very important and a remarkable event...
Armenia's joining the EaEU cannot be narrowed down to solely economic
issues. It is a continuation of the geopolitical choice people of
Armenia made many years ago to be with Russia."
According to Krotov, "Armenian authorities - the government and the
parliament - have shown wonders of organized nature in fulfilling
over 280 points of the road map to join the EaEU. Everything has
been fulfilled perfectly, the optimal scheme has been implemented, in
other words, for the first time we have a model when a country without
common borders with other members of the Customs Union will take part
in it nonetheless. It is very important for a country to fix political
stability on the path of the Eurasian vector of Armenia's development.
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are the most politically stable
countries and the most successful. The GDP per capita at par with
the consuming potential is $22,500 in Russia, $20,500 in Kazakhstan,
$16,500 in Belarus. Comparatively, Ukraine and Moldova have a GDP
per capita of $8,000 and $4,000."
Oleg Noginsky, the chairman of the board of the Suppliers of the
Customs Union Association, says that "joining the EaEU itself is not
a remedy for salvation of the economy. The Eurasian Economic Union
is a field of opportunities that need intensive and scrupulous work,
starting with implementation of new technical regulations. It is
work with the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Eurasian Bank for
Reconstruction and Development... We need to understand that no one
will come and just give for no reason."
Johnny Melikyan, an Armenian political analyst, the head of the Center
for Political and Legal Studies, reminded that Armenian opposition
organized protests in Yerevan on the day of signing of the EaEU
Treaty. "Many Western media with influence in Armenia used it to
show that some number of people speaks against that step of Armenian
authorities. In reality, the opposition field of Armenia has hardly
any power, except one pro-Western party, to speak against joining
the EaEU."
Nonetheless, according to Johnny Melikyan, there is a problem with
popularizing the EaEU: "There is need for more public hearings, for
Armenian government to hold events, so that the common population,
residents of Armenia, understood why the prices for gas are low today;
why an ordinary Armenian citizen has opportunities to enter Russia
without problems. We all know how big the sum of transfers are in
the national GDP in the Republic of Armenia."
Denis Tyurin, the director of the SCO Business Club, believes that
"Armenia's joining the EaEU is not an end in some process, it is just
the beginning of big and very hard work for integration of Armenian
economy into the economy of countries of the Customs Union. There
will be difficulties of other nature on this path, what matters is
counterstanding international forces reluctant to form a powerful
bloc that would act in the interests of the countries, not interests
of the Western capital."
According to Tyurin, "Western funds, different grant-givers show
great activeness to intensify negative moments associated with
public perception of Armenia's joining the EaEU. We see growing
protest activeness, emergence of many different non-governmental
organizations operating using foreign funds, stirring up the public,
making different undesired forecasts for the future of Armenian
economy and the future of the civil society in Armenia come true. We
see discredit of the Armenian government with the money of Western
grant-givers in European and world media."
Tyurin understands that "the negative tendencies clearly manifesting
in the country's joining the Eurasian Economic Union deserve special
attention from the public of Armenia and the government. In other
words, Armenia has a long way towards establishment of economic ties
with Russia and other countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and
in overcoming the powerful information campaign initiated on the
territory of the country by Western states to discredit Armenia's
participation in the Eurasian Economic Union."
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/61075.html