Ambassadors of Russia and Kazakhstan in Armenia agree on the positive  impact of Armenia`s membership in the EAEU on the country`s economy

ArmInfo. The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union is a truly historic event, the EAEU took place despite various pessimistic forecasts and solves the main tasks  that are set for it.

The Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin  stated this at the fifth annual meeting of the Eurasian Expert Club,  the conference "Four years of Armenia's participation in the EAEU:   the realities and prospects of Eurasian integration". According to  the diplomat, the EAEU provides adequate responses to the challenges  of the 21st century, economic turbulence, various global problems and  crises. 

"The Union has already proved its worth," the ambassador assured.  Referring to Armenia's membership in the structure, Kopyrkin stated  that the republic's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union  contributed to its economic development. Thus, the diplomat noted  that in 2017, the GDP growth in Armenia amounted to 7.5%, exports to  the EAEU countries increased by more than 43% and amounted to $ 2  billion. "Armenia has everything necessary for further integration  and cooperation with other states of the Eurasian space, including  technology centers.

"The country has great potential and all the possibilities of  high-tech products and the development of high technologies," said  Kopyrkin.The ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia Timur Urazaev agreed  with the opinion of the Russian colleague, while stressing that 4  years in the EAEU is not so much, but the positive statistics speak  for themselves. At the same time, the diplomat noted that Kazakhstan  is studying in detail the opinions and assessments voiced from  Armenia. "And our close relations with the republic make it possible  to talk about mistakes, analyze them and do work on them. We can talk  about our unfulfilled opportunities a lot and often, but we cannot  but focus on the official data of statistical services. And we cannot  help to see that Armenia's exports grew with stable economic growth,  and this indicates that it is the EAEU that provides this  opportunity, and no one can do anything with these figures, "Urzaev  said, noting that, despite complaints about the absence of very close  about relations, the numbers speak for themselves.According to him,  official statistics which year already shows the presence of specific  movements. Thus, the total trade turnover between Armenia and  Kazakhstan each year records growth, and only in the first 10 months  of this year it doubled compared with last year. Moreover, the  ambassador noted that not a single section of the closed Armenian  border had been opened.Urzayev noted that the growth could have been  more significant if not for a number of objective factors - the lack  of efficient logistics, the small market of Armenia and the  specificity of the market of Kazakhstan. At the same time, the  diplomat expressed confidence that the economies of the EAEU  countries have a good future. "The main thing is to competently use  the opportunities and opportunities that Eurasian integration opens  up for countries," he concluded.