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Holding a Gun to Armenia’s Head: EU’s Visa-Free Regime is Nothing But Tool of Manipulation
Holding a Gun to Armenia’s Head: EU’s Visa-Free Regime is Nothing But Tool of Manipulation
Sputnik International
Armenia and the EU have announced negotiations on visa liberalization. Brussels clarified that Yerevan would have to implement «substantial reforms», adding that the visa liberalization dialogue would be «a multi-year process» under the EU’s close watch.
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«The [EU’s] geopolitical game with the Armenians is a struggle to deprive Russia of its influence [in the Caucasus],» political scientist Stanislav Tarasov tells Sputnik. At the same time, the new visa-free regime is a kind of weapon for the EU to influence a certain part of Armenian society, as per Tarasov. «It’s like holding a gun to their head,» he said.The EU-Armenian visa liberalization program is similar to Brussels’ efforts to bring Ukraine and Georgia into its fold, according to Tarasov. Ukraine Georgia The EU’s attempt to ‘Westernize’ Armenia is doomed, as the bloc is not ready to seriously invest in the nation’s economy, Tarasov concluded.
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Armenia and the EU have announced negotiations on visa liberalization. Brussels clarified that Yerevan would have to implement «substantial reforms», adding that the visa liberalization dialogue would be «a multi-year process» under the EU’s close watch.
At the same time, the new visa-free regime is a kind of weapon for the EU to influence a certain part of Armenian society, as per Tarasov.
«It’s like holding a gun to their head,» he said.
The EU-Armenian visa liberalization program is similar to Brussels’ efforts to bring Ukraine and Georgia into its fold, according to Tarasov.
«Georgians were also granted a liberalized visa regime,» he says. «But when the Georgian government adopted the law on foreign agents… [the EU] immediately threatened them with the cancelation of the visa-free regime. You see, this is a leverage of influence.»
The EU’s attempt to ‘Westernize’ Armenia is doomed, as the bloc is not ready to seriously invest in the nation’s economy, Tarasov concluded.
