... presidential power has been transferred from father to son. Azerbaijan was the trailblazer in this mode of power transfer. For nearly two decades, Georgia has not been able to resolve the problem of a legitimate and legal transfer of supreme state power. Armenia’s gift to the post-Soviet space was also a curious precedent: for the first time since the collapse of the USSR, a former president, upon leaving office, attempted a return to politics as a die-hard opposition member. In 2008, Levon Ter-Petrosyan ...
... launched in 2009 for developing relations with six eastern countries of the former socialist bloc. The collaboration program with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine was primarily intended as a means for introducing these countries to ... ... Belarus is active here, providing a venue for the peace talks on the Donbass; Armenia acts as a prototype testing range for EU–EAEU economic cooperation; Azerbaijan, which was, until recently, a closed state geared toward its prosperity, is another example....
... which gradual approximation of the technical regulations, standards, and conformity assessment procedures of the Republic of Armenia to those of the European Union can be achieved” (article 130), however no specific commitments are listed. The most general clauses are stipulated ... ... control. As a consequence, the Eurasian Economic Commission
heartily welcomed the new agreement
which, in fact, brings the EAEU to its cherished goal of establishing full-fledged cooperation with the EU.
As regards Russia’s energy interests in Armenia,...
On February 28, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan speaking at Carnegie Europe, a Brussels-based think-tank dubbed Armenian people 'European' due ... ... way of life, and stressed the importance of 'shared values' in the new EU-Armenia agreement. The speech came a day after the European Union and Armenia agreed on the "
Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
" (CEPA), which will substitute ...
