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Why Armenia turned to Russia instead of the West
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Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 07, 2015 03:06pm |
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Category | Perspective |
Author | Fred Hiatt |
Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
News Date | Thursday, May 7, 2015 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Not long before Ukraine signed the agreement with the European Union that precipitated a crisis with Russia that continues to unfold, Armenia, Ukraine’s small neighbor to the south, made a different decision.
Following a discussion with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced that his country would affiliate for trade purposes with the Eurasian Economic Union — Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan — rather than the European Union.
Sargsyan, who is in Washington this week for events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, offered a practical explanation when I asked him about the alignment during his visit to The Post on Thursday.
“Armenian cognac can’t really be sold in Paris,” Sargsyan, speaking through a translator, said. “But it does well in the Russian Federation.” |
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