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The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is a stillborn project — it will not become a reality, Pre-Parliament member, Karabakh War veteran Jirair Sefilian said in an interview with Hetq.am, commenting on Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan's statement that Armenia will become a full member of the EEU on January 1, 2015.
"The words of any representative of the regime, including the aforementioned man, have no value. They have repeatedly proven this. Their ringleader doesn't consider it necessary to inform his gang about the orders received from his foreign owners, much less discuss them with them. On the other hand, it's obvious that the matter of Armenia's accession is delayed, which itself should be considered a positive circumstance. However, the reason for these delays, unfortunately, is not Armenia's sovereign position, since a sovereign Armenia doesn't exist for Russia today," he said.
In Sefilian's opinion, the main reason for the delay is the "Azerbaijan factor".
"Russia seeks to persuade or oblige Azerbaijan to join the EEU and, in all likelihood, the Russian side has decided that Armenia's entry into the EEU must be together with Azerbaijan. Even if Azerbaijan doesn't officially announce about joining the EEU, only after a verbal promise from its leadership is received will Armenia enter this union. I think the delays in the process of Armenia joining the EEU will continue and one day we will hear that this project has vanished"
"At the same time, we have to be very careful and vigilant, since though the EEU project is stillborn, Russia, nevertheless, draws us in the latest Russian-Turkish dalliance taking place in that process, so that it can trade with Turkey and Azerbaijan at our expense. Russia seeking to destabilize the region and introducing troops in Artsakh for this purpose is not ruled out," he said.
To read the rest of the interview, please go to the original article on Hetq.am.