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    Armenia's membership in EEU can not be put under doubt, minister says


    YEREVAN, August 2. / ARKA /. Asked whether the statement of the US
    Embassy about the possible impacts on Armenia of the sanctions imposed
    by the EU and the USA against the Russian companies, as well as the
    delays of the membership of the Republic of Armenia to the Eurasian
    Economic Union, could lead to a revision of the policy of Armenia's
    membership to that structure Armenian foreign minister Edward
    Nalbandyan said:

    "The membership of the Republic of Armenia to the Eurasian Union is
    deriving from the interests of economic development and strategic
    interests of our country. Our membership to that structure can not be
    put under doubt. Armenia will surely strive to lead the membership
    process to the Eurasian Economic Union to its conclusion, undertaking
    its full share of responsibility in the decision making mechanisms in
    that structure. That will grant new opportunities to Armenia in terms
    of raising competitiveness in its main export markets and increasing
    the export volume, further enhancing and deepening of economic
    relations with the member states of the Union, as well as encouraging
    direct investments from those states into Armenia."

    At the May 29 summit of the Customs Union in Astana, Kazakh president
    Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly demanded that the treaty on Armenia's
    accession make clear that Armenia is joining the EEU with its
    internationally recognized borders that do not include
    Nagorno-Karabakh.

    He said this demand was conveyed by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev
    in a letter sent to him and presidents of Russia and Belarus. The
    demand presumably means that the Armenian government will have to
    start taxing goods imported from Karabakh. Armenian authorities have
    ruled out such a possibility.

    After a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in
    Russian Sochi in July Armenian prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan told
    reporters in Yerevan that the treaty on Armenia's accession to the
    Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be
    signed in late October. -0-


    http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_s_membership_in_eeu_can_not_be_put_under_d oubt_minister_says/#sthash.Qmr0eGXp.dpuf


    From: Baghdasarian
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