News - Mher Avetisyan: It is beneficial for Armenia to consider integration into BRICS

It is beneficial for Armenia to consider integration into BRICS. This was announced by the chairman of the organizing committee of the international forum, entitled "New Horizons of Cooperation between Armenia and EAEU with BRICS and SCO," and head of the "My Country, My Armenia" sociopolitical movement, Mher Avetisyan, at the opening of the aforesaid forum, which is being held in Yerevan. Avetisyan welcomed the participants of the forum and informed that the objective of this event is to inform the public and the political elite about BRICS in order to generate interest in it. He recalled that Russia is one of the founders of BRICS, Iran joined the latter this year, and the presence of these two countries should already arouse interest in the elite of Armenia, so that a wish to become a member of this organization is created in the near future. Avetisyan noted that Armenia's largest trade is with Russia. The UAE is in second place, then China, while the EU is not well represented in Armenia. As per Avetisyan, these simple indicators indicate that Armenia's economic relations with the BRICS countries are much more active, not to mention security. According to Avetisyan, it is strange that Armenia aspires to Europe, not BRICS, with which it is economically connected. Avetisyan emphasized that it is obvious that the Anglo-Saxon world is fighting with the BRICS countries, but this does not weaken the organization, on the contrary. If the US tries to impose its will on allies such as Germany, France and Japan, BRICS does not require its members to act against the US or the Anglo-Saxon world. And the West imposes sanctions not only against Russia, but also against the countries that are economically interested in relations with Russia. Avetisyan reminded that the Anglo-Saxons tried for many years to convince that the state does not interfere in business. But in reality, everything is the opposite, even the representatives of their own businesses are being asked to leave Russia, and this is an obvious contradiction between business and politics. "One more example: BRICS countries have no problem forcing businessmen not to work with Anglo-Saxons," Mher Avetisyan noted.