Thursday, 28 03 2024
Thursday, 28 03 2024
14:10
Vasquez and Nacho will also extend the contract with “Real.”
13:51
The new Ukrainian law discriminates against Russian speakers, Armenian speakers, and Roma
13:32
“It’s hard for me to stay in the football world.” Mkhitaryan gave a briefing
13:13
The Foreign Ministry of Latvia declared the Russian diplomat persona non grata
12:54
Armenia will send humanitarian aid to Gaza
12:35
Kroos will spend another year in Madrid
12:16
Weather without precipitation is expected
11:57
Georgia will receive 9.25 million euros from UEFA
11:38
Alen Simonyan presented the current security situation in the South Caucasus to his French colleagues
USA
11:19
“The main point of the US-Armenia-EU meeting is economic stability.” Miller
The Armenia-EU-USA meeting is not related to third countries
Nikol Pashinyan’s interview was published in The New York Times
10:22
Banks in Turkey, UAE, and China are delaying payments for Russian oil
“NATO member Turkey will not create problems in this case.” Edgar Vardanyan
18:55
The Prime Minister received the delegation led by the president of France-Armenia Inter-Paranial Friendship Group
18:36
Azerbaijan’s Sambo team refused to come to Yerevan
Mirzoyan visited the Argentine Council of International Relations
17:58
The number of victims of the “Crocus” terrorist attack has reached 140
17:39
I strongly doubt that if Turkey decides to attack Armenia, the Russian border guards will protect it
17:20
The Israeli army is attacking the “Nasser” hospital complex in southern Gaza
17:01
Armenia rejected the proposal of CSTO PA delegations
16:42
All participants of Euro 2024 are known (TEAMS)
16:23
“There is no discussion on EU membership at this stage.” Simonyan
16:04
Ukraine will receive a 1.5 billion loan from the World Bank
15:45
“I am looking for people to come and prove that it is the territory of Armenia.” Simonyan
15:26
There are demonstrations in Budapest demanding Orbán’s resignation
“We came out; I thanked you in the corridor.” Alen Simonyan about the meeting with Tikhanovskaya
14:48
The EU will not transfer 5 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
The French ambassador visited the Sotki gold mine with the members of the National Assembly
14:10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan blamed the USA and the EU for helping Armenia

The membership to Custom’s Union should be the sovereign decision of RA government

In 2013 the foreign policy challenge for the Armenian government is going to be the choice between Armenia’s membership to Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia Custom’s Union or the deep and comprehensive trade zone agreement with the EU. The proof of this is the announcements by the EU representatives, that the EU free trade agreement cannot be compatible with the Customs’ Union.

Team leader of the EU advisory group to Armenia Mr. Willem van der Geest has himself expressed that point of view noting that Armenia cannot fully participate in the process of Eurasian integration, as few of its points contradict to the EU deep and comprehensive trade zone as well as to the agreements on visa facilitation. “The country becoming a member of the Customs’ union losses some of its sovereignty and the rules of the game change. That’s why membership to that institution is against the free trade relations with the EU”, he said.

Ukraine ambassador to the EU himself in one of the local publications noted, that post-Soviet Union countries, including Armenia and Ukraine can simultaneously be part of the EU free trade zone and a similar institution in the region , but they cannot be part of the Custom’s union.

The assistant of the Bulgarian politician, member of the EU foreign relations delegation Evgeni Kirilov, Girogi Sabev talked about this to the First News and Analyses. According to the Bulgarian delegate, the EU has shown readiness to cooperate with Armenia on the agreement on the EU free and comprehensive trade zone and the negotiation process has its results. “But the membership to the Customs union is the sovereign decision of the RA government”. Kirilov mentioned that he has his personal opinions about what will be more profitable for Armenia, but decided not to force his point of view on anybody.

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