Wednesday, February 22 2017 12:34

ArmInfo. Despite all these complications, the positive of Armenian membership to EEU is obvious, thouch the economic situation is not that simple, Armenian Foreign  Ministry head stated in his interview to Deutche Welle. 

 "The negative economic tendencies affect countries with small but  open economies - such As Armenia, but, at the same time, those affect   European countries also. Our joining the EEU gave us an option to  enter a bigger market, comprising 180 mln, and that is a very big  market for Armenia.  Goods produced in Armenia with the zero custom  fee and without any administrative obstacles, could be supplied to  that huge consumers  market mentioned. Next, we have four freedoms:  capital turnover, investments, working capital and services. But yet  we have to cancel several last obstacles in this respect.  These are  pretty serious issues that EEU deals with.  During these two years a  large positive experience has been accumulated from the point of the  establishment of regulatory basis of Eurasian Economic Union. It is   natural,  that the population of EEU countries expects for more, and  we would like to  see positive changes as soon as possible. But the  main thing here is the positive tendency, and we got it. For example,  in 2016  the Armenian export  increased for 50%> We loose nothing, we  only obtain," the  Minister stated.  Commenting the existing opinion  regarding the lack of trust in EEU, Nalbandyan mentioned that there  are some problems and questions. "But those are everywhere, and we   just have to solve them," Nalbandyan said. He stated also that there  is a big interest to the structure. "As a Minister of Foreign  Affairs, I received delegations from  various countries- Asian, Latin  American, and others. They have visited Armenia as one of the EEU  member countries, they talked about their wish to create a free  economic zone with EEU. And that is not one or two countries - the  matter regards to dozens," Nalbandyan ensured. He stated also, that 

Armenia has various  trade and political relations. "Almost one third  of our trade is with EU. Things are not like 99% of our trade is with  Russia," he said.  He mentioned in this context, that Armenia could  ne an example is certain meaning. We do not want to use  contradictions and problems existing between  some countries. Such  approach could generate a boomerang effect. We always use to back up  our words with deeds, and what we do is always consistent to what we  say."