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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

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