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BABY STEP?: FOREIGN PARTY LEADERS MEET WITH ARMENIAN PEERS CONCERNING EURASIAN UNION
POLITICS | 14.11.12 | 15:03
RA PM Tigran Sargsyan receives representatives of political forces
involved in Eurasian inter-party consultations
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Interparty discussions in Yerevan devoted to the idea of the Eurasian
Union have skipped the attention of mass media, despite the fact that
representatives of Russia's, the Ukraine's and Kazakhstan's ruling
parties have had separate meetings with the Armenian prime minister
and a number of local lawmakers.
Representatives of Russia's Yedinaya Russia (United Russia), the
Ukraine's Party of Regions and Kazakhstan's Nur Otan, parliament
of Belarus, as well as Armenia's ruling Republican and second most
powerful Prosperous Armenia (PAP) parties took part in the November
12-13 discussions. And while Yerevan was hosting these meetings,
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan was in Paris meeting his French
counterpart and other high-ranking officials - this fact has stirred
speculations that he is reluctant to take part in what's aimed at
bringing to life Russian president Vladimir Putin's brainchild.
Among the Armenian political forces PAP is the most supportive of the
Eurasian Union's idea. As for the authorities, they swing from positive
to negative assessments when speaking about entering the Customs Union
(free trade zone) which is the basis of the Eurasian Union.
Although the interparty meetings have not been largely covered by the
press, some rather interesting and important statements made during
them can be singled out. In particular, on Monday Andrey Klimov,
Yedinaya Russia's head of foreign relations, had a meeting with
vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament Hermine Naghdalyan, as well
as a number of Republican and PAP MPs. Klimov said that Russia highly
appreciates its cooperation and dialogue with Armenia, as well as
partner relations and position on a number of international structures
and platforms. Reflecting on the Eurasian Union he said respective
discussions would soon be held in Brussels. Klimov stressed that
Russia in this issue not only would be guided by its own interests,
but also "defend its strategic partners' interests".
On Tuesday Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the interparty
meeting participants.
"Our countries function in the framework of CIS, have similar
challenges, and we have to overcome them together. From that
perspective political cooperation on a party level can also contribute
greatly to the development and implementation of different projects,"
said Sargsyan.
Russian Duma vice-speaker Sergey Zheleznyak, who is also the Deputy
Secretary General of Yedinaya Russia, said that the interparty
discussions hosted by Armenia had laid a strong foundation for
continuing interparty cooperation as well as development and
implementation of various projects.
POLITICS | 14.11.12 | 15:03
RA PM Tigran Sargsyan receives representatives of political forces
involved in Eurasian inter-party consultations
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Interparty discussions in Yerevan devoted to the idea of the Eurasian
Union have skipped the attention of mass media, despite the fact that
representatives of Russia's, the Ukraine's and Kazakhstan's ruling
parties have had separate meetings with the Armenian prime minister
and a number of local lawmakers.
Representatives of Russia's Yedinaya Russia (United Russia), the
Ukraine's Party of Regions and Kazakhstan's Nur Otan, parliament
of Belarus, as well as Armenia's ruling Republican and second most
powerful Prosperous Armenia (PAP) parties took part in the November
12-13 discussions. And while Yerevan was hosting these meetings,
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan was in Paris meeting his French
counterpart and other high-ranking officials - this fact has stirred
speculations that he is reluctant to take part in what's aimed at
bringing to life Russian president Vladimir Putin's brainchild.
Among the Armenian political forces PAP is the most supportive of the
Eurasian Union's idea. As for the authorities, they swing from positive
to negative assessments when speaking about entering the Customs Union
(free trade zone) which is the basis of the Eurasian Union.
Although the interparty meetings have not been largely covered by the
press, some rather interesting and important statements made during
them can be singled out. In particular, on Monday Andrey Klimov,
Yedinaya Russia's head of foreign relations, had a meeting with
vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament Hermine Naghdalyan, as well
as a number of Republican and PAP MPs. Klimov said that Russia highly
appreciates its cooperation and dialogue with Armenia, as well as
partner relations and position on a number of international structures
and platforms. Reflecting on the Eurasian Union he said respective
discussions would soon be held in Brussels. Klimov stressed that
Russia in this issue not only would be guided by its own interests,
but also "defend its strategic partners' interests".
On Tuesday Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the interparty
meeting participants.
"Our countries function in the framework of CIS, have similar
challenges, and we have to overcome them together. From that
perspective political cooperation on a party level can also contribute
greatly to the development and implementation of different projects,"
said Sargsyan.
Russian Duma vice-speaker Sergey Zheleznyak, who is also the Deputy
Secretary General of Yedinaya Russia, said that the interparty
discussions hosted by Armenia had laid a strong foundation for
continuing interparty cooperation as well as development and
implementation of various projects.