ArmInfo. If Armenia refuses to sign an agreement on a comprehensive and expanded partnership with the European Union, no one will punish us. Hovhannes Igityan, an international expert, ex-chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, expressed such an opinion during a round table organized by the Armenian Institute of International Affairs and Security.
On November 24, 2017 at the Brussels summit of the "Eastern Partnership" Armenia plans to sign a partnership document on the partnership with the EU, which was initialed on March 21 - the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership. The relevant talks were initiated by the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU on October 12, 2015 in Luxembourg.
"We simply lose the next opportunity for development for Armenia, but it seems that the intrigue surrounding the signing of the treaty with the EU is being created by the authorities with a view to demonstrating on November 24 a" diplomatic victory. "After all, after September 2013, the discussion hanging around in the air will either sign or not sign Armenia had to warm up the agreement with the EU, which is what is actually being done today, "he said.
The expert assesses the contract with the EU, which is being signed for signing, as a good basis for which later on, if the parties wish, it will be possible to impose additional practical provisions with puzzles. In this light, Igityan expressed hope for the imminent, inevitable collapse of the EAEU, as happened with the USSR, noting that integration processes can not be based on the will of one person.
"It is the breakdown of the EAEU that will open new opportunities for the practical implementation of the provisions of the Armenia-EU Agreement, which will open real opportunities for expanding existing cooperation." Meanwhile, I can say that Armenia can get as much as it does from this agreement, will make efforts in this direction, "summed up Igityan.