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.
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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.
European integration was one of the priorities of our foreign policy. The government stated that it would sign the EU association pact. This event was held in parallel with the statement of the Republican faction chair Galust Sahakyan’s statement.
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.
In the classic Diaspora, the community is closed connected and united with the church. The other structure is the ARF, which is not preferable in this case. Here the challenge is how to modernize the church and make it more participatory. Armenia has over 900 communities, out of which 400-500 are major ones. In western states we have about the same number of churches.
Our fatherland is not well known in the world. In terms of investments, however, the most attractive sectors are agriculture, mines and energy. But for that we need new capitals and newer technologies. And in our opinion it is just starting to develop in Armenia.
We still have that project in mind but currently we are focusing all our efforts on large projects such as the free trade zone and the international Yerevan Show. However, there are some improvements in that direction. AJA, a foundation recently registered in Switzerland, is researching the Armenian heritage in jewelry and they have collected a lot of documents and facts about the important positions and masterpieces of Armenian jewelers.
Syrian crisis is the main topic discussed internationally. We have asked representatives of main political powers of Armenia about their opinion on the crisis in Syria.
While the Russian government is directly or indirectly trying to keep Armenia from signing association agreement with Europe, and join the proposed Customs Union, Europeans have chosen a different strategy.
