“Eurasian Union is not only an economic but also political structure with 170 million market, to which our country’s accession incurs not only from Armenia’s, but, first and foremost, Russia’s geopolitical interests,” said Dmitry Martirosyan, responsible for SDHP political office, in the conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the events evolved yesterday at the plenary session Eurasian Supreme Economic Council in Astana. Recall that yesterday, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union in the capital of Kazakhstan. The meeting was also attended by the President of Armenia. In his speech, Serzh Sargsyan said in his speech that “there are only 2-3 issues left on which mutually acceptable decisions have already been made at an expert level,” and had asked to fix the deadline of signing the agreement according to which the Republic of Armenia will join the Agreement on the Eurasian Economic Union by June 15. And by July 1, Armenia will sign the agreement of the EU accession. The President of Kazakhstan had put forward a condition on Armenia’s accession to join the Eurasian Union by the UN-recognized borders. In other words, without Nagorno-Karabakh. Dmitry Martirosyan, at least considers strange that Ilham Aliyev’s letter is discussed in such a format, without taking it to a more closed negotiation process. “We believe that our strategic partner Russia should also have something to say here. If Armenia is suggested to join under this format, without Artsakh, then we should remember that the same Moscow is entering into the Eurasian Union together with the Crimea. So, we are again dealing here with double standards,” said our interlocutor.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
