Saturday, December 23 2017 15:28

ArmInfo. The countries of the Eurasian Economic Union should adopt the example of Armenia, study its experience of achieving success and mobilizing its  capabilities even in a difficult situation.

This was stated at the conference "Three Years of the EAEU:  Achievements and Prospects", during the annual meeting of the Eurasian Expert Club the adviser of  the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Alexander Vasilev stated. According  to him, Armenia continues to show good results not only in the sphere  of trade, but also in the processing industry, the high-tech sphere,  in which Armenia has very significant results. Nevertheless, he  stressed, there are several nuances that, while summarizing the  three-year experience of Eurasian integration, still remain relevant.  "First of all, this is insufficient propaganda among the population  of the member countries, and it is important to understand that the  Unified Energy System, unlike other integration unions, is not  bureaucratized by any superfluous mechanisms and is open to  discussions and new ideas," the diplomat said.

The Ambassador of Belarus to the Republic of Armenia, Igor Nazaruk,  noted that at present there are changes in the liberalization of the  markets of the EAEU, work is under way to mark the products produced  in the member countries as a single product of the EAEU. In 2017, the  Ambassador noted the growth in a number of key economic indicators.  However, according to him, the figures would be much more significant  and tangible if some countries did not feel the negative impact of  the sanctions policy on the part of "the powerful of this world."  Despite this, the diplomat in 2018 predicted an economic  breakthrough.  According to him, 2018 will be held under the aegis of  the formation of common energy markets. "The new element is the  signing of a framework agreement on partnership between Armenia and  the EU, which can serve as an additional element for enhancing the  effectiveness of cooperation between two very powerful integration  structures," the ambassador concluded.

According to Timur Urazaev, the Ambassador of the Republic of  Kazakhstan to Armenia, over the 3-year period of formation of the  Union, despite certain regional and global difficulties, all  countries recorded positive dynamics, and for the second year in a  row Armenia has shown the best results. "The dynamics is fixed both  in terms of economic growth and exports to both the EAPC countries  and to third countries, IT can become a locomotive for Armenia, which  can drag other sectors." "Belarus assumed the role of this  locomotive, but even from the Soviet times, Armenia was a leader and  today shows good results, which can become a locomotive for the  development of other economically important spheres, "said Ambassador  Uruzayev.

He also stressed that the policy should only be an instrument for  implementing projects in the EAEU area, but it should not be the main  one in shaping the overall economy in the territory of the union.  "Politics will not feed people, you will not raise your salaries,  politics should be just a tool for implementing all ideas and  projects in the EAEU." We are committed to continue supporting the  overall strategy of combining our economies into one and will use  political instruments minimally to do not interfere with economic  processes, "the Ambassador of Kazakhstan summed up.

The conference is organized by the research and analytical public  organization "Integration and Development" and the scientific and  educational fund "Noravank".