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    VISA FACILITATION DEAL IS ALL ARMENIA CAN GET FROM EU: EXPERT

    October 2, 2013 - 14:21 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - At present, the main threat to the Sochi Olympiad
    success emanates from the Nagorno Karabakh conflict region, a political
    analyst said.

    According to Alexander Skakov, the conflict will inevitably destabilize
    the situation in adjacent regions of Georgia and Northern Caucasus
    to further affect the safety as well as moral and physiological
    environment of the 2014 Olympiad.

    "Clearly, the escalation of conflict will put an end to the OSCE Minsk
    Group's mediation activities, showcasing its complete inconsistency.

    However, there seem to be no other volunteers to assume responsibility
    for the future of the Caucasus. Potentially, CSTO, EU or NATO could
    do the job. CSTO's lack of clear agenda makes it hard to determine
    the organization's potential. The dangers of NATO's regional presence
    have already been suggested, leaving EU as the only candidate, with
    its much-hyped Eastern Partnership project.

    With Belarus and Azerbaijan left outboard, Armenia, Georgia and
    Moldova became the locomotives in the Eastern Partnership integration
    initiative, setting certain hopes on a possible EU membership.

    European officials, however, strongly question that possibility.

    With no legal document expected to be signed in Eastern Partnership
    framework, the only thing Armenia can hope for is the visa regime
    facilitation deal," the expert noted.

    Free trade zone could also be an attractive possibility, however
    the latter requires production of competitive goods for the European
    market. However, should the deal work, EU would get a chance to reduce
    the expansion of the Eurasian Union, also decreasing Russia's spere
    of influence, the expert concluded.

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