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INCLUSION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA INTO CUSTOMS UNION IS IMPORTANT PRECEDENT FOR NAGORNO-KARABAKH - ARMENIAN LAWMAKER
YEREVAN, February 14. / ARKA /. Russian president Vladimir Putin's
decision to treat unrecognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as subjects
of the Customs Union is an important precedent for Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic, Gagik Minasyan, head of an Armenian parliament committee on
finance and budget issues from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia,
told a news conference today.
As previously reported by Russian news agency RIA Novosti, on December
22, Putin signed laws on ratification of trade agreements with Abkhazia
and South Ossetia.
According to Minasyan, these laws in fact have removed all customs
barriers between the Russian Federation and the two breakaway Georgian
provinces and the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, not
recognized by two other members of the Customs Union- Kazakhstan and
Belarus as independent republics- have become the territory of the
Customs Union.
Minasyan said that this fact has become an important precedent for
Armenia in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Speaking at a Customs Union summit late last year that approved a
'roadmap' for Armenia's accession to the trade bloc Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed reservations about Armenian membership
because of the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The question of the Custom Union's border, where it will pass in
Armenia, remains open. Therefore, we will sign the roadmap with the
colleagues but with a special opinion that will be reported to the
Armenian side," Nazarbayev said at a meeting with Russia's Vladimir
Putin and Belarus' Aleksandr Lukashenko in reference to Armenia's
border with the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the absence
of any Armenian customs posts there.
According to Minasyan, Nazarbayev's reservations applied similarly
to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
He said after Armenia joins the Russia-led trade union Nagorno-Karabakh
will also be part of it, even being not recognized by Belarus and
Kazakhstan, as is the case with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
This, according to him, will mean an economic recognition of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Minasyan said also that Armenian leaders have repeated that Armenia
will not tax goods coming from Karabakh even after joining the trade
bloc. -0-
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http://arka.am/en/news/economy/inclusion_of_abkhazia_and_south_ossetia_into_custo ms_union_is_important_precedent_for_nagorno_karaba/#sthash.pADfV1jm.dpuf
YEREVAN, February 14. / ARKA /. Russian president Vladimir Putin's
decision to treat unrecognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as subjects
of the Customs Union is an important precedent for Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic, Gagik Minasyan, head of an Armenian parliament committee on
finance and budget issues from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia,
told a news conference today.
As previously reported by Russian news agency RIA Novosti, on December
22, Putin signed laws on ratification of trade agreements with Abkhazia
and South Ossetia.
According to Minasyan, these laws in fact have removed all customs
barriers between the Russian Federation and the two breakaway Georgian
provinces and the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, not
recognized by two other members of the Customs Union- Kazakhstan and
Belarus as independent republics- have become the territory of the
Customs Union.
Minasyan said that this fact has become an important precedent for
Armenia in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
Speaking at a Customs Union summit late last year that approved a
'roadmap' for Armenia's accession to the trade bloc Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed reservations about Armenian membership
because of the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"The question of the Custom Union's border, where it will pass in
Armenia, remains open. Therefore, we will sign the roadmap with the
colleagues but with a special opinion that will be reported to the
Armenian side," Nazarbayev said at a meeting with Russia's Vladimir
Putin and Belarus' Aleksandr Lukashenko in reference to Armenia's
border with the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the absence
of any Armenian customs posts there.
According to Minasyan, Nazarbayev's reservations applied similarly
to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
He said after Armenia joins the Russia-led trade union Nagorno-Karabakh
will also be part of it, even being not recognized by Belarus and
Kazakhstan, as is the case with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
This, according to him, will mean an economic recognition of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Minasyan said also that Armenian leaders have repeated that Armenia
will not tax goods coming from Karabakh even after joining the trade
bloc. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/inclusion_of_abkhazia_and_south_ossetia_into_custo ms_union_is_important_precedent_for_nagorno_karaba/#sthash.pADfV1jm.dpuf