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ARMENIA PLANS TO JOIN EURASIAN ECONOMIC TREATY BY JUNE 15
Armenian President Serj Sargsyan
(c) RIA Novosti. Aleksey Nikolskyi
13:05 29/05/2014
ASTANA, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia is planning to join the Treaty
on Eurasian Economic Union before June 15, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said Thursday.
"I ask to fix June 15 of the current year as a deadline to sign the
agreement on Armenia accession to the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty,"
Sargsyan said.
In September 2013, in a surprising turn of events Armenia, which was
earlier expected to sign an EU association agreement, said it decided
to back off from economic integration with Europe and announced its
plans to join the Russian-led Customs Union.
In late April, presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan ordered
to prepare a draft agreement by June 1 on Armenia's Membership in
the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAU) was conceived as an EU-style bloc
aimed at promoting integration and free trade between its three member
states, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, with more countries to follow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier on Thursday the final
treaty was completely ready to be signed. The treaty is expected to
come into force on January 1, 2015.
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told RIA Novosti earlier
that the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh delegations, working under
the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, have managed to resolve
all the differences.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140529/190214791/Armenia-Plans-to-Join-Eurasian-Economic-Treaty-By-June-15.html
From: A. Papazian
Armenian President Serj Sargsyan
(c) RIA Novosti. Aleksey Nikolskyi
13:05 29/05/2014
ASTANA, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia is planning to join the Treaty
on Eurasian Economic Union before June 15, Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan said Thursday.
"I ask to fix June 15 of the current year as a deadline to sign the
agreement on Armenia accession to the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty,"
Sargsyan said.
In September 2013, in a surprising turn of events Armenia, which was
earlier expected to sign an EU association agreement, said it decided
to back off from economic integration with Europe and announced its
plans to join the Russian-led Customs Union.
In late April, presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan ordered
to prepare a draft agreement by June 1 on Armenia's Membership in
the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space.
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAU) was conceived as an EU-style bloc
aimed at promoting integration and free trade between its three member
states, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, with more countries to follow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier on Thursday the final
treaty was completely ready to be signed. The treaty is expected to
come into force on January 1, 2015.
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told RIA Novosti earlier
that the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh delegations, working under
the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union, have managed to resolve
all the differences.
http://en.ria.ru/world/20140529/190214791/Armenia-Plans-to-Join-Eurasian-Economic-Treaty-By-June-15.html
From: A. Papazian