Probably the reason is the American government’s partial shutdown. As a result of this, a number of projects have been delayed or cancelled. In foreign policy they delayed actions according to priority sequence. I am not sure if this was the real reason.
Growing emigration is becoming a threat for Armenia. If this trend continues this way, it may become a threat to Armenia’s national security. The issue of emigration is like an alien for the Armenian society – everybody knows about the growing trends, people feel the impact, but nobody knows real numbers.
“Such announcements downgrade the opposition and create weak image for them,” says Armenian National Congress party representative Arman Grigoryan concerning Zarouhi Postanjyan’s question to president Sargsyan whether he has lost money in European casinos.
Yesterday it was revealed that the European Commission had decided to annul all the restrictions for the import of Moldovan wine. This was the response of the EU to Russia, which ceased the import of Moldovan wine on September 11. This is also a response to Armenia’s claims that in the event if Armenia refused to join the Eurasian Union Russia would block the import of Armenia’s goods.
Many state officials and primarily the Prime-Minister, are paying much attention to reports of renown international organizations and to their best to make sure Armenia is advanced in their rating lists.
Our interviewee is the chair of the Businessmen and Producer Union of Armenia Arsen Ghazaryan
During yesterday’s parliamentary session deputies were trying to understand how it could happen that Armenia was in negotiation with Europe during four years for the purpose of signing association agreement, and just two months before that drastically made a political decision to join Customs Union proposed by Russia and other post-Soviet states.
In a session following parliamentary sitting yesterday Alexander Arzumanyan, former foreign minister, said that the society has not been able to get along with the news concerning joining Customs Union, we see some new integration.
The most discussed political topic in Armenia now is the issue of Armenia joining a proposed Customs Union made of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan has come up with announcement saying that Armenia is committed to joining the Union. Most people who oppose to or are for joining the Union do not really know what it is.
The official webpage of Carnegie Endowment for International peace published the article of a senior associate of the Endowment, Thomas de Waal, author of the authoritative book on the Karabakh conflict, Black Garden and many other articles. The last article was titled, “An offer Serzh Sargsyan couldn’t refuse.” It reads, “The announcement came quite suddenly. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan was going on a brief visit to Moscow.
