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REPRESENTATIVE OF YEDINAYA ROSSIYA: THERE ARE NO POLITICAL OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF ARMENIA'S ACCESSION TO EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
arminfo
Wednesday, November 14, 14:25
There are no political obstacles in the way of Armenia's accession to
the Eurasian Economic Union, the existing complexities are actually
technical problems, Andrey Klimov, representative of the Yedinaya
Rossiya Party, member of the Federation Council, Coordinator of the
Eurasian Dialogue, told ArmInfo.
Though the stance of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is that the future
Eurasian Economic Union should not be expanded abruptly, nevertheless,
the given project is aimed at stimulating the integration processes
not only in the post-Soviet, but also Eurasian space. "As regards
Armenia's accession to this organization, there is only one technical
problem - the lack of common borders with the member countries of this
structure. Numerous technical problems arise amid the lack of common
borders; for instance, the goods are declared in one place and go
via a transit territory. I do not want to say that it is an insoluble
problem, but obviously it is not a political problem", he said.
He pointed out the example of Great Britain, which is a member of the
European Union but has no common land borders with the EU. "Another
example is the Kaliningrad region, which has no common borders with
Russia, but it is a part of our country. So, the precedents exist,
and the given topic needs professional debates", he said.
In November 2011 the Presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
signed a declaration on Eurasian economic integration aimed at creation
of the Eurasian Economic Union.
In early October 2011 Vladimir Putin said that the Eurasian Economic
Union will be neither a new USSR, nor a new CIS, it will effectively
link Europe and the Asia-Pacific region and will coordinate the
economic and currency policies.
arminfo
Wednesday, November 14, 14:25
There are no political obstacles in the way of Armenia's accession to
the Eurasian Economic Union, the existing complexities are actually
technical problems, Andrey Klimov, representative of the Yedinaya
Rossiya Party, member of the Federation Council, Coordinator of the
Eurasian Dialogue, told ArmInfo.
Though the stance of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan is that the future
Eurasian Economic Union should not be expanded abruptly, nevertheless,
the given project is aimed at stimulating the integration processes
not only in the post-Soviet, but also Eurasian space. "As regards
Armenia's accession to this organization, there is only one technical
problem - the lack of common borders with the member countries of this
structure. Numerous technical problems arise amid the lack of common
borders; for instance, the goods are declared in one place and go
via a transit territory. I do not want to say that it is an insoluble
problem, but obviously it is not a political problem", he said.
He pointed out the example of Great Britain, which is a member of the
European Union but has no common land borders with the EU. "Another
example is the Kaliningrad region, which has no common borders with
Russia, but it is a part of our country. So, the precedents exist,
and the given topic needs professional debates", he said.
In November 2011 the Presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
signed a declaration on Eurasian economic integration aimed at creation
of the Eurasian Economic Union.
In early October 2011 Vladimir Putin said that the Eurasian Economic
Union will be neither a new USSR, nor a new CIS, it will effectively
link Europe and the Asia-Pacific region and will coordinate the
economic and currency policies.