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YEREVAN. – The Customs Union (CU) opens good prospects before Armenian businessman only temporarily.
Economist Gagik Makaryan, who is Chairman of the Republican Union of Employers of Armenia, told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“If we develop our economy, the CU will be good for us temporarily. Our businessmen are managers of the Soviet culture. Naturally, the Russian business is familiar to them,” he said.    

Nonetheless, Makaryan expressed a conviction that these businessmen are being replaced by new businessmen, who are not pro-Russian.

As per the economist, the Armenian products will be in demand in the CU countries solely if the Armenian party signs proper agreements.   

“If we want to survive, we need to negotiate correctly, sign proper agreements. If the [Armenian] businessmen think that it will be as it was before, it will not be like that. Our goods will not flow like a river into Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan,” Gagik Makaryan concluded.        

Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. In December 2013, the “road map” for Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union was adopted. And in January of this year, the Government of Armenia approved the action plan for the implementation of this “road map.” Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am

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