Armenian experts: Turkey unlikely to join Eurasian Economic Union
24.08.2016,
10:52
Armenian experts question sincerity of Turkey’s statement about intention to join the Eurasian Economic Union.
YEREVAN, August 24. /ARKA/. Armenian experts question sincerity of Turkey’s statement about intention to join the Eurasian Economic Union.
Earlier, speaking to Daily Sabah, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said that Turkey is aiming to join the Eurasian Customs Union and that it will continue efforts for full EU membership and the EU customs treaty, even while joining other international economic unions such as the Eurasian Customs Union.
Armenian experts are convinced that this statement is nothing more than a probe, just like information about prospects for providing Turkey’s Incirlik military air base to Russia’s air forces.
Sergey Minasyan, the head of the Caucasus Institute’s political analyses department, finds Turkey’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union unlikely.
“Turkey has free trade zone with the European Union now, and it will have to choose between free trade with the European Union and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union,” Minasyan said.
In his opinion, the Turkish economy minister’s statement is a political statement.
Minasyan also said that the recent Russia-Turkey rapprochement is tactical in nature, though the sides make virtue that it may have strategic consequences.
“The people who two months ago said they are bitter foes, now say polar opposite words,” he said. “I think this is a tactical rapprochement – there are too many problems between them either in bilateral relations or in regional geopolitics.” --0----
Earlier, speaking to Daily Sabah, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said that Turkey is aiming to join the Eurasian Customs Union and that it will continue efforts for full EU membership and the EU customs treaty, even while joining other international economic unions such as the Eurasian Customs Union.
Armenian experts are convinced that this statement is nothing more than a probe, just like information about prospects for providing Turkey’s Incirlik military air base to Russia’s air forces.
Sergey Minasyan, the head of the Caucasus Institute’s political analyses department, finds Turkey’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union unlikely.
“Turkey has free trade zone with the European Union now, and it will have to choose between free trade with the European Union and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union,” Minasyan said.
In his opinion, the Turkish economy minister’s statement is a political statement.
Minasyan also said that the recent Russia-Turkey rapprochement is tactical in nature, though the sides make virtue that it may have strategic consequences.
“The people who two months ago said they are bitter foes, now say polar opposite words,” he said. “I think this is a tactical rapprochement – there are too many problems between them either in bilateral relations or in regional geopolitics.” --0----
