The authorities of Armenia expect a gradual and quick cancellation of restrictions on the export of local products to Russia after the end of the parliamentary elections.
RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan announced in the framework of the pre-election campaign in Yerevan that the Moscow bans are purely technical in nature, and their main addressee is not the Ministry of Economy, but the Food Safety Inspection Body. The minister informed about the meeting held in Astana between his deputy and his Russian colleagues, emphasizing the positive atmosphere of the negotiations.
According to him, all parties tend to solve the problem as soon as possible, which will allow to settle the situation within short deadlines after the end of the voting.
At the same time, Yerevan is simultaneously expanding the geography of foreign trade in order to export to Greece, Germany and other countries. According to the head of the department, new support programs for exports to the European Union and the Middle East are currently being introduced, which include reimbursement of expenses related to transportation, customs duties and intellectual property.
Papoyan noted that the volumes of exports to the EU have already doubled, and by the end of the year, the goal is to quadruple or quintuple that figure.
Earlier, the Russian leadership announced the inevitability of a strategic choice between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), stressing that rapprochement with Brussels may cause certain problems within the framework of the Eurasian integration union.
The situation worsened at the EAEU summit held in Astana at the end of May, where the member states of the union – Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan – issued a joint statement calling on Yerevan to hold a national referendum in the shortest possible time frame in order to clarify the foreign policy vector. In addition, the partners initiated the preparation of a report on the economic consequences of the possible suspension of Armenia’s membership, which will be presented at the December session of the Higher Eurasian Economic Council.
Despite growing diplomatic pressure, Nikol Pashinyan reaffirmed Armenia’s willingness to continue calm and orderly work in the EAEU until the choice between the two economic blocs becomes inevitable.
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