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ARMENIA DOESN'T NEED IT
Roza Hovhannisyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview27070.html
Published: 13:27:29 - 08/08/2012
In an interview to Lragir.am, Head of Mondus Vivendi Center Ara Papyan,
dwelling on Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Union said that it
is not expedient since this organization has not yet been set up and
nothing is clear in its relation. According to him, it seems to be an
attempt to imitate the Soviet Union in a worse way. The Soviet Union,
in Papyan's opinion, had the advantage over the EurAzEs: it had common
pricing and salary systems. We sacrificed our independence for some
economic benefit. Now, we already have great losses in our foreign
policy in terms of independence. Now we will lose even more if we
join EurAzEs without any benefit. We need to have a clear idea that
the accession to that organization will harm our relations with the
countries of the European Union and the Middle East, says Ara Papyan.
He continues saying that the benefit of joining such structures is the
customs procedures, but Armenia, having no common border, will have to
pass the customs procedures through Georgia and then arrive to Russia.
He says the procedures will remain the same so this organization will
give nothing to Armenia.
The more members the union has, the better it is for Russia: we
will just increase the number of the members and will lose much,
says Ara Papyan.
Repression is quite possible. We are now in such a situation when
the authorities depend on Russia for various reasons. Naturally,
if they face the dilemma of choosing between the power and EurAzEs,
I think, they will choose the organization. We have had many economic
and political losses just for the sake of fawning over someone,
says the Mondus Vivendi head.
In general, we need one thing - rule of law in the political and
economic fields. When there is rule of law in Armenia, capital will
come just like industry and competitiveness. There is no capitalism in
Armenia, it is based on competitiveness. We have state monopolistic,
half-feudalistic management. If Armenia is put in just, competitive
conditions, it will develop. If rule of law is ensured, Armenia will
develop, if it is not, Armenia will never develop no matter if it is
within the European Union or EurAzEs, said Ara Papyan.
Roza Hovhannisyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview27070.html
Published: 13:27:29 - 08/08/2012
In an interview to Lragir.am, Head of Mondus Vivendi Center Ara Papyan,
dwelling on Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Union said that it
is not expedient since this organization has not yet been set up and
nothing is clear in its relation. According to him, it seems to be an
attempt to imitate the Soviet Union in a worse way. The Soviet Union,
in Papyan's opinion, had the advantage over the EurAzEs: it had common
pricing and salary systems. We sacrificed our independence for some
economic benefit. Now, we already have great losses in our foreign
policy in terms of independence. Now we will lose even more if we
join EurAzEs without any benefit. We need to have a clear idea that
the accession to that organization will harm our relations with the
countries of the European Union and the Middle East, says Ara Papyan.
He continues saying that the benefit of joining such structures is the
customs procedures, but Armenia, having no common border, will have to
pass the customs procedures through Georgia and then arrive to Russia.
He says the procedures will remain the same so this organization will
give nothing to Armenia.
The more members the union has, the better it is for Russia: we
will just increase the number of the members and will lose much,
says Ara Papyan.
Repression is quite possible. We are now in such a situation when
the authorities depend on Russia for various reasons. Naturally,
if they face the dilemma of choosing between the power and EurAzEs,
I think, they will choose the organization. We have had many economic
and political losses just for the sake of fawning over someone,
says the Mondus Vivendi head.
In general, we need one thing - rule of law in the political and
economic fields. When there is rule of law in Armenia, capital will
come just like industry and competitiveness. There is no capitalism in
Armenia, it is based on competitiveness. We have state monopolistic,
half-feudalistic management. If Armenia is put in just, competitive
conditions, it will develop. If rule of law is ensured, Armenia will
develop, if it is not, Armenia will never develop no matter if it is
within the European Union or EurAzEs, said Ara Papyan.