Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will not visit Armenia on September 8-9. And as to why the visit of Russian Prime Minister is cancelled, today, some interpretations were made by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, specifically stating the following: “Discussion of Armenia’s accession to the EaEU is moved to the presidential level, and will be discussed at the Minsk meeting of EaEU member countries’ presidents on October 10.” Aravot.am asked the expert of “Political and International Studies Center”, Ruben Mehrabyan, whether the official reasoning is satisfactory, or there are other sub-contexts in cancellation of Medvedev’s visit. He replied, “If this visit does not contain any new milestone in the process of involving Armenia in the Eurasian Union, then it’s a pointless visit. I do not think that Russia currently is in the situation that can spend time on useless visits. At least, Armenia at the moment does not enter into these priorities, and Russia has more important issues. This was a pointless visit, and actually it was either delayed or simply canceled.”
To our observation of whether as a milestone we can state that the processes of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Union again reached a deadlock, Mr. Mehrabyan responded, “If we are talking about the strategic deadlock, then we are in the strategic deadlock since September 3, and in this sense, nothing has been changed. We see what internal processes there are in the Eurasian Union, or rather, in the structure, which is trying to become a Eurasian Union. For internal organic reasons, the design of this Union is not operating. Its creation is under a serious question, it raises questions that have no answers, but the answers are obvious. Actually, it is a pointless structure that remained on paper, and it’s time to throw the paper into the wastebasket.” Ruben Mehrabyan does not think that the presidents’ meeting is going to be a “magic” one.
To our question of whether the failure of the establishment of the EaEU generates from our interests, or vice versa, and whether its failure does not issue a challenge to our security, which was constantly emphasized by official Yerevan, Ruben Mehrabyan replied, “Putting an end to all those rumors about the Eurasian Union actually generates from everyone’s interests, including Russia’s, in the sense that it wastes pointless energy on something that is not working, and if they stop being engaged in such pointless things, they would have free time to be engaged in real affairs. With regard to security, on the contrary, Armenia’s security suffered with the decision voiced on September 3, and the end of this process will open up wide opportunities for Armenia.”
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