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    ARMENIA AND KYRGYZSTAN TO JOIN EURASIAN UNION WITHIN MONTHS

    Tengrinews, Kazakhstan
    May 30 2014

    Friday, 30.05.2014, 15:30

    Armenia and Kyrgyzstan have vowed to join the Eurasian Economic Union
    of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus this year, Tengrinews reported from
    the Supreme Eurasian Council in Astana.

    During the meeting Armenia's president Serzh Sargsyan asked "to set
    a deadline for signing a treaty on Armenia's joining the Eurasian
    Economic Union to June 15 this year". He continued by saying that it
    will take only 2 or 3 days "to find on mutually acceptable terms that
    would satisfy both us and our partners".

    Sargsyan expressed hope that the signing of the Treaty establishing
    the Eurasian Union also signified the beginning of its future
    enlargement. On his part, Armenia's president promised to do everything
    possible to bring forward the issue of joining the Union to the
    national parliament.

    Another post-Soviet state - Kyrgyzstan - also hopes to join the Union
    in the near future. The country's president Almazbek Atambayev said
    that it was impossible for him to declare "as did his excellency
    President Sargsyan that all questions will be solved in a matter of
    days". He, nevertheless, said that Kyrgyzstan hoped to "meet the new
    year in the same union" with its larger neighbors. The president also
    said he was hoping to receive support both from the Kyrgyz parliament
    and the member-states of the new Union.

    Atambayev also noted that integration with the Eurasian Union is
    a significant decision it terms of selection of direction of the
    country's economic development. At the same time, he stated that
    "the member-states of the Union are not only our economic partners,
    but above all, they are congenial nations that shar a common history
    and have no language barrier".

    Commenting on Armenia's and Kyrgyzstan's intention to join the
    Eurasian Economic Union, Putin said: "The attitude of our colleagues,
    both Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan is serious, pragmatic and based on their
    national interests. It is a clear desire to achieve the set milestones
    and rely on our joint efforts. We will support and facilitate this
    process."

    The president of Belarus Lukashenko declared that as long as the
    countries reached the appropriate level of readiness and fulfilled
    all the conditions, they were welcome to join the Union: "I think we
    will be delighted to accept these countries into our ranks".

    However, there were sensitive chords struck during the meeting.

    Nazarbayev asked Armenia's president to consider the position
    of Azerbaijan on the issue. Nazarbayev reminded that Azerbaijan
    sent a letter requesting to accept Armenia into the union with a
    reservation that regulations of the unions will be in effect only at
    the internationally recognized territory of Armenia, in particular
    that recognized by the UN.

    Azerbaijan's worries arise from the territorial dispute over
    Nagorno-Karabakh - an ethnically dominated Armenian enclave within
    the Azerbaijani territory.

    Reported by Asel Satayeva and Altynai Zhumzhumina, writing by Dinara
    Urazova

    http://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Armenia-and-Kyrgyzstan-to-join-Eurasian-Union-within-months-253846/

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