ArmInfo. The EEU is a continuation of the CIS and a geopolitical confrontation with the West. Such an opinion, speaking at the round table in Yerevan "Armenia, 2 years in the EEU", was expressed by the former Minister of Defense of Armenia, Lieutenant-General Vagarshak Harutyunyan.
In order to make sure of this, it is sufficient to recall the collapse of the USSR, the expansion of NATO at the expense of the Eurasian territory, the creation of the CIS, etc. It should be noted that within the same CIS even today various treaties linking the post-Soviet In this sense, the EEU is nothing more than a deeper integration within the CIS, "he said.
According to the expert, today the West is doing its best, creating obstacles to the integration processes in the post-Soviet space. In this context, Harutyunyan singled out the creation of GUAM. In his view, such organizations are created with Western sponsorship for the sole purpose of knocking down local elites who themselves are striving for it and leading them to countries that do not have anything in common with them.
"GUAM, which has not been heard of for a long time, is just one of such initiatives." The Eastern Partnership, the European Neighborhood, "the names, of course, differ, but the goals are common." However, the outcome for all beneficiary countries of similar projects is one As a rule, it is customary in our countries to write off all this for the so-called transition period, however, almost three decades have passed since 1991, and the way out of the transition period is still far away, "he said. Harutyunyan also stressed the impossibility of development and the very existence of the economy without security. Security in the post-Soviet space, and without alternative, today is provided only by Russia. NATO, in his opinion, to make Russia an alternative is incapable and Georgia and Ukraine are the best examples. Meanwhile, as membership in the EEU gives the same Armenia, as security guarantees, as well as economic preferences.