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EXPERT: THE KREMLIN ADVISOR'S STATEMENT RAISES CERTAIN CONCERNS
15:55 23/08/2013 " POLITICS
The "European Integration" NGO chairman Karen Bekaryan spoke to
Panorama.am about the recent "trade war" between Russia and Ukraine
which started after the Kremlin imposed a de facto embargo regime on
imports of Ukrainian goods. The expert highlighted that, indeed, the
statement of Russian presidential advisor Sergei Glazyev's about recent
developments in Russian-Ukrainian relations raises some concerns,
though it shall be believed it has nothing to do with the official
position of Russia. "Otherwise it may give start to a chain of quite
difficult issues", - Bekaryan said
Flagging that there is quite controversial information of what has
happened in the Ukraine-Russia border, Bekaryan urged to distinguish
the factual circumstances from the background of those events, and
asserted it is yet hard to say what has really happened in the customs.
"I am very upset to see the assessments of Russian presidential advisor
Sergei Glazyev, and I don't think the media anyhow misrepresented
it. [What he said about Ukraine] raises concerns, is not a pleasant
thing to say, neither is civilized, but is quite puzzling" --
Bekaryan commented.
Rejecting the extreme opinions, Bekaryan elaborated that both in
Ukraine and Armenia there are experts and analysts, who try to
foresee possible steps of Russia in the scenario of signing the EU
Association Agreements, and argued those authors are thus trying to
"enhance their own reputation, which is not a right thing to do when
it comes to your own country".
"This inspection [at the customs] was one-time. Conclusions have not
been drawn yet, information is being processed. By now the situation
has stabilized but for safety's sake we are preparing to tighten
customs administration, in case Ukraine takes this suicidal step and
signs the Association Agreement with the EU," Sergei Glazyev said
earlier this week, according to Interfax news agency.
According to some media publications, with the speculations of
tightening bilateral customs regime, Russia tries to force Ukraine
to withdraw from signing the Association Agreement with the EU and
join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Source: Panorama.am
15:55 23/08/2013 " POLITICS
The "European Integration" NGO chairman Karen Bekaryan spoke to
Panorama.am about the recent "trade war" between Russia and Ukraine
which started after the Kremlin imposed a de facto embargo regime on
imports of Ukrainian goods. The expert highlighted that, indeed, the
statement of Russian presidential advisor Sergei Glazyev's about recent
developments in Russian-Ukrainian relations raises some concerns,
though it shall be believed it has nothing to do with the official
position of Russia. "Otherwise it may give start to a chain of quite
difficult issues", - Bekaryan said
Flagging that there is quite controversial information of what has
happened in the Ukraine-Russia border, Bekaryan urged to distinguish
the factual circumstances from the background of those events, and
asserted it is yet hard to say what has really happened in the customs.
"I am very upset to see the assessments of Russian presidential advisor
Sergei Glazyev, and I don't think the media anyhow misrepresented
it. [What he said about Ukraine] raises concerns, is not a pleasant
thing to say, neither is civilized, but is quite puzzling" --
Bekaryan commented.
Rejecting the extreme opinions, Bekaryan elaborated that both in
Ukraine and Armenia there are experts and analysts, who try to
foresee possible steps of Russia in the scenario of signing the EU
Association Agreements, and argued those authors are thus trying to
"enhance their own reputation, which is not a right thing to do when
it comes to your own country".
"This inspection [at the customs] was one-time. Conclusions have not
been drawn yet, information is being processed. By now the situation
has stabilized but for safety's sake we are preparing to tighten
customs administration, in case Ukraine takes this suicidal step and
signs the Association Agreement with the EU," Sergei Glazyev said
earlier this week, according to Interfax news agency.
According to some media publications, with the speculations of
tightening bilateral customs regime, Russia tries to force Ukraine
to withdraw from signing the Association Agreement with the EU and
join the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Source: Panorama.am