YEREVAN. - The bridge between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran has not been laid, since the Armenian Government is as usual acting slowly.

Chairman of Armenia’s Republican Union of Employers Gagik Makaryan said the aforementioned at a press-conference on Wednesday.

In his words, the Europeans have jumped ahead of Armenia.  “We are falling behind. But if we manage to solve the issue of visa liberalization and lowering of customs duties for the Armenian goods exported to Iran, this will strengthen our positions. Armenia should hold talks with the Iranian side so that the Armenian goods can have exclusive opportunities of export to Iran, like GSP+ regime which is applicable for Armenia while exporting goods to the European countries,” Makaryan noted.

According to the Chairman, Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia have managed to unite; therefore Armenia didn’t possess relevant diplomatic information. “We showed that we again failed to use diplomacy. And here it was necessary to use exactly the diplomatic language,” Makaryan added.

A trilateral summit between the presidents of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan took place in Baku on August 8, during which a number of agreements on the cooperation in different sectors of economy were reached.