Armenia's accession to the Customs Union will not affect the Armenian-Georgian relations, Joni Melikyan, Head of the Center for Political and Legal Studies, expert on Georgia, told media, Tuesday.
"Yet not so long ago, Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili said they also weighed cooperation with Russia as part of the Customs Union. In addition, Georgia and Russia have had tense relations for many years, but that fact in no way affected the cooperation with Armenia," the expert said. He said that the relations of Armenia and Georgia are stable and neither domestic political nor foreign political factors have spoiled those relations.
"Even the upcoming presidential election in Georgia can affect the Armenian-Georgian relations, as the foreign policy of that country is permanent," Melikyan said. On September 3 in Moscow, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan confirmed Armenia's intention to join the Customs Union and the process of the formation of the Eurasian Union. Vladimir Putin supported Sargsyan's decision and promised to contribute to Yerevan's accession to the Customs Union in every possible way.
Afterwards, the two leaders signed joint statements. The Customs Union has been created within the Eurasian economic space for trade and economic integration of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin.