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    Declining Association Agreement not calamity for Armenia - expert

    14:44 - 30.11.13


    Armenia's failure to initial an association agreement with the EU
    should not be perceived as a calamity for the country, an expert has
    said, as the EU has not abandoned its plans to continue the joint
    partnership.

    At a news conference on Saturday, the political analyst Levon
    Shirinyan said Armenia's decision to join the Eurasian Customs Union
    (a move that restricts the chances of European integration) was the
    right choice stemming from the country's security interests. `We must
    never turn the relationship with Russia into a demonstration of
    obsequiousness. We must strengthen our statehood instead,' he said,
    noting that Armenia has no alternative in the light of the Turkish
    factor.

    `Do you imagine what would have happened to us had we demonstrated
    persistence on September 3 [the day President Serzh Sargsyan made the
    landmark statement about joining the CU]?' he said, calling for
    efforts to use the Russian market.

    The expert further stressed the importance of giving a proper welcome
    to Russian President Vladimir Putin next week, noting that Russia is
    the country that fully secures Armenia's arms supply.

    As for the Putin big delegation expected to arrive in Armenia on
    December 2, Shirinyan considered it a good sign, noting that Russian
    investors are coming to Armenia together with the president. Secondly,
    he said, Russia is thus demonstrating its respect for Armenia.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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