FORMER MINISTER SAYS EURASIAN UNION MORE BENEFICIAL THAN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

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March 19, 2013 | 12:12

YEREVAN.- Eurasian union is more beneficial for Armenia than
integration with the EU, former defense minister Vahan Shirkhanyan
told reporters.

He is confident that today friendly relations with Russia are the
only security guarantee for Armenia.

“We must realize that not a single structure, including NATO, can give
us such guarantees. If we imagine that Armenia enters the alliance,
can we reckon on security if Turkey is one of the member states?” he
wonders.

Benefits in all areas are more realistic and achievable, if Armenia
joins the Customs Union and other projects of Eurasian integration,
than the programs of European integration.

“They say the obstacle is absence of the common border. But in fact
we do not have it with the EU either. And with the Eurasian Union,
it may appear. Iran has recently announced that it is considering
the possibility of joining the Eurasian Union,” he added.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress