Armenia initiates removing Turkey from list of countries enjoying EEU tariff benefits

YEREVAN, March 5. /ARKA/. The Executive Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission unanimously supported Armenia's initiative to exclude 75 countries, including Turkey, from the list of developing countries enjoying Eurasian Economic Union's tariff benefits.

The Armenian government said a remote meeting of the Executive Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission was held today with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. It said the decision will take effect 6 months after its publication.

On March 3 Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said the ban on imports of Turkish goods may be prolonged. Armenian government's ban on import of Turkish goods imposed during the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh, has come into force on January 1, 2021.

On October 21, almost a month after Azerbaijan, backed by Turkey and Middle East mercenaries, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian government imposed the six-month ban on imports of Turkish goods.

The Armenian government said at that time that the measure was a retaliation to the Turkish authorities' provocative calls, supply of arms to Azerbaijan and deployment of mercenaries from the Middle East to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, which undermined the stability in the region, including the international efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. -0-