Armenian authorities make U-turn on Azerbaijan’s accession to EaEU

Zhoghovurd: Armenian authorities make U-turn on Azerbaijan’s accession to EaEU

10:01 * 24.07.14

Artak Zakaryan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Foreign
Relations, Parliament of Armenia, told RFE/RL that Azerbaijan’s
accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) would run counter to
Armenia’s interests.

“Azerbaijan’s accession to the EaEU would create much greater
difficulties in implementing our foreign policy,” he said.

Mr Zakaryan’s words are interesting in that just a few weeks ago,
Artashes Geghamyan, a member of the same Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) parliamentary group, stated in Baku that Azerbaijan’s accession
to the EaEU would be the right step, which would facilitate the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

One can easily guess that Me Geghamyan’s statement was “OK’d” by
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. However, the ruling circles’
position on this fundamental has now made a U-turn. Moreover, this new
position on Azerbaijan’s possible accretion to the EaEU, in the
context of Russian-Azerbaijani arms deals, is obviously a follow-up to
the Armenian president’s “concern” over the deals.

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