Accession to Eurasian Union only chance to ensure security – Armenian Democratic Party
07.10.2014,
12:35
Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is the only opportunity for Armenia to solve its security problem, the head of the Democratic Party of Armenia Ara Sargsyan said.
YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is the only opportunity for Armenia to solve its security problem, the head of the Democratic Party of Armenia Ara Sargsyan said.
Historically, Armenia has tied its security to Russia for more than twenty years now, in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in particular, Sargsyan told a press conference on Monday.
Yet, according to the politician, the country has not taken the required steps ahead of its EEU membership.
In particular, zero customs duties are currently used for raw stock export, whereas as an EEU-member Armenia will have to review tariffs for exports of raw produce to any country, apart from EEU members, he said.
The former head of the Central Bank of Armenia Bagrat Asatryan, in turn, says the country will have nothing out of its EEU membership.
“It is a political project. Armenia’s economic model can be in no way harmonized with the EEU economic model”, Asatryan said. –0--
Historically, Armenia has tied its security to Russia for more than twenty years now, in the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in particular, Sargsyan told a press conference on Monday.
Yet, according to the politician, the country has not taken the required steps ahead of its EEU membership.
In particular, zero customs duties are currently used for raw stock export, whereas as an EEU-member Armenia will have to review tariffs for exports of raw produce to any country, apart from EEU members, he said.
The former head of the Central Bank of Armenia Bagrat Asatryan, in turn, says the country will have nothing out of its EEU membership.
“It is a political project. Armenia’s economic model can be in no way harmonized with the EEU economic model”, Asatryan said. –0--
