ArmInfo.Today Armenia is scoring completely unacceptable e own goals. Rector of the Russian-Armenian University Armen Darbinya stated on April 29 during the  international scientific conference entitled: "Economics of Russia  and Armenia in a New Reality: Challenges and Prospects".

He noted that the uniqueness of the country lies in the fact that, in  the conditions of decreasing population, Armenia has allowed itself  to  change the political maps of the world, the boundaries of the  political space and as Darbinyan noted this had a tragic end. In  order to have the right to change the borders as of today, the state  had to provide 3 conditions: a growing population, a strong economy  and heavy armament. He noted with regret that 30 years later, in the  absence of those factors, Armenia has reached an objective final.   "We need to re-realise the state we are in today," he stressed.

Drawing a parallel between geopolitics and football, the RAU rector  noted that earlier, before the collapse of the USSR, Armenia was  aware of itself as a player, since it was a pioneer in many areas.  , Darbinyan said.

In this context, he defined the thesis of the Armenian government on  the opening of an "epoch of peace" as an own goal. In light of the  increasing demand for copper and molybdenum, Armenia exports these  metals to foreign markets in the form of concentrates, rather than  finished end products, which are ten times more expensive.

In the light of the increasing demand for copper and molybdenum, the  RAU rector described the export of these metals by Armenia to foreign  markets in the form of concentrates, rather than finished end  products, which are ten times more expensive as another absolute own  goal.

With all this, he stressed that Armenia faces another challenge – the  possibility of Georgia's membership in the EU. In such conditions,  Armenia, having no common customs borders with the EAEU, will receive  a common border with the EU, which, according to Darbinyan, is a  challenge for the future of Armenian trade and economy. "And today we  must have a worthy response to this challenge," the rector  emphasized.  In this regard, he called for realizing the potential of  interaction with Russia, in particular, through infrastructure  projects that will be able to pull Armenia out of this blockade.