No pressure placed on Armenia for speedy CU accession - president

YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. The allegations that Armenia has been under pressure to join the Customs Union at a breathtaking pace are not true, Sargsyan said at his meeting with young reporters at Baze-2014 youth gathering in Tsakhkadzor on Sunday.

The entire accession process is the outcome of Armenia’s actions, but not someone else’s wishes or requests, the president said.

“It is an important period for development of our country. A lot will change in the country. I have no problems – either with those criticizing me or the ones making every effort to support this idea (of accession to the Customs Union – edit.). Time will show and people will see who was right”, the president said.

Sargsyan somehow agreed that not all CU member-countries may be happy about Armenia’s accession.

“We are a small country, a country with problems, and, naturally, our accession may create problems also for the member-countries”, Sargsyan said. Yet, they could have vetoed Armenia’s accession if they were against, the president said.

The Russian government approved the agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union and submitted it for president’s approval on August 14. The agreement was developed by the Eurasian Economic Commission in cooperation with the authorities of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia. –0--