The President of Kyrgyzstan: We have no common borders with Europe, that is why we join the Customs Union not EU.
"If Kyrgyzstan had common borders with Europe, we would join the European Union", said the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Almazbek Atambayev at a press conference following his meeting with the president of Australia. According to his words since there are no common borders with Europe, Kyrgyzstan will join the Customs Union. "Investors from Kyrgyzstan, China and Europe are waiting for the moment when our country enters into the Customs Union", - Almazbek Atambayev said.
Also the head of Kyrgyzstan said that the process of joining the Customs Union "will take the Republic a couple of years." "We’ll do our best for it gives a positive effect on the economy of our country," he concluded.
Source: regnum.ru
15.03.2013