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    STEPANAKERT AGREES WITH KAZAKH PRESIDENT CLAIMING THAT ARMENIA MUST INTEGRATE INTO EAU WITH ITS PRESENT BORDERS

    by Marianna Lazarian

    Friday, May 30, 13:59

    "I strongly agree with the statement by Kazakh President Nursultan
    Nazabayev saying that Armenia must join the Eurasian Economic Union
    (EAU) within the borders it joined WTO," Spokesperson of NKR Foreign
    Ministry David Babayan told ArmInfo. According to Babayan, Armenia is
    a sovereign state participating in political and economic projects
    and it must integrate into projects within its borders. He does not
    understand why should Nazarbayev's statement arouse such hot debates
    in the Armenian public.

    "The Nagorno Karabakh Republic and the Republic of Armenia are two
    independent and sovereign states, why should Armenia integrate into
    any structure together with NKR? In his speech Nazarbayev said that
    Armenia must join the EAU within the same borders it joined WTO.

    Nothing threatened NKR when Armenia accessed WTO. I think, nothing
    will threaten NKR also when Armenia accesses EAU," Babayan said.

    As for possible opening of border crossings between Armenia and NKR,
    Babayan thinks it unlikely.

    To recall, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said on the heels of
    a Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan,
    Thursday, that Armenia is ready to sign the Treaty on Eurasian Economic
    Union before June 15. President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that
    the document can be signed no sooner than on 1 July, as Armenia is
    yet to fulfill some commitments. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan
    Nazarbayev, in turn, said Azerbaijan claims that Armenia can join
    the Eurasian Economic Union (EAU) within the same borders it joined
    the World Trade Organization (WTO). We have received the Azerbaijani
    president's letter saying that Armenia joined WTO with a reservation
    that the provisions must apply to the territory of Armenia within
    its international borders recognized by the UN. It is an issue for
    discussion," the Kazakh president said. President of Armenia made no
    statement in response.

    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=BC7C56D0-E7E1-11E3-88B60EB7C0D21663

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