make preferableYEREVAN. – If Ukraine had entered the Russian-led Customs Union (CU), Armenia would have lost its real sovereignty in the coming years.
Boris Navasardyan, President of Yerevan Press Club in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan and also Eastern Partnership Civil Society Assembly Coordinator for Armenia, stated the above-said at a press conference on Monday.
As per Navasardyan, had Armenia lost its real sovereignty, the country’s interests would have been presented by another country; he stressed that this is normal for Russia.
“And if Ukraine chooses the path of European integration, this means we [i.e., Armenia] still will have hopes of returning to the natural and influential path of development,” he noted.
In Navasardyan’s view, by losing Ukraine, Russia may firmly hold on to the countries that are still under its influence.
“But if [this] didn’t happen in the case of Ukraine, the entire Eurasian integration plan loses its force, since Armenia has no economic importance whatsoever for Russia.
“And there is not doubt that the security and the political cooperation [between Armenia and Russia] will continue even if Armenia initials the Association Agreement [with the European Union],” Boris Navasardyan concluded.
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