YEREVAN. – The political processes of Armenia are linked to the September 3 announcement concerning the country’s intention to join the Customs Union. 

Arakelutyun (Mission) Party Political Board member Manuk Sukiasyan stated the aforesaid at a press conference on Monday.  

In Sukiasyan’s conviction, the incumbent authorities of Armenia can “surprise” the country’s society at any time.

“For about four years, they were preparing the Armenian society for the integration and the initialing of the Association Agreement with the EU. But one trip to Moscow was enough, and [President] Serzh Sargsyan read a text whose writer is not him,” Sukiasyan maintained.    

In his words, it is unprecedented when a man goes to a meeting and, subsequently, he reads a statement from paper.   

“It is apparent that you are not the person behind at least its initial version,” Arakelutyun Party official argued.  

In addition, Sukiasyan considered trivial and flawed the explanations that this decision was made stemming from the need to resolve the security matters.

“If the security matter is resolved by the help of other foreign policy and military force, it is natural that a part of the sovereignty of that country is lost,” Manuk Sukiasyan stressed.

To note, following the talks that were held on September 3 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. Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union. And in response to this development, the European Union had stated that the signing of the Armenia-EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement is now doubtful.