Agreement of Armenia’s accession to Eurasian Economic Union doesn’t provide for border checkpoint with Karabakh

YEREVAN, October 15./ARKA/. The agreement of accession of Armenia to the Eurasian Economic Union doesn’t imply establishment of a border checkpoint with Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Armenian Economy Minister Karen Chshmarityan said Wednesday at a news conference. 

“There is no provision in the agreement implying a border checkpoint between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,” he said. 

On October 10, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council gave its approval to Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union as the union member countries’ leaders gathered in Minsk. As a result, the accession agreement was signed. It means Armenia, along with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, will become a full member of the union that will start functioning on January 10, 2015. ---0----