Final version of agreement on Armenia’s accession to Eurasian Economic Union sent to four countries’ governments
03.09.2014,
19:20
The final version of the agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union is already sent to the governments of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Eurasian Economic Commission reported on Wednesday.
YEREVAN, September 3. /ARKA/. The final version of the agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union is already sent to the governments of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Eurasian Economic Commission reported on Wednesday.
The procedures necessary for signing the agreement are being carried out now in each of these four countries.
The Eurasian Economic Commission is quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that the date of the signing will be set by the four countries’ leaders.
On August 27, after a summit of the Customs Union countries’ leaders, the Ukrainian president and EU
representatives, the Kazakhstan president said at a briefing for Kazakhstan’s media that negotiations will be held on October 10 in Minsk, where accession of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to the Eurasian Economic Union will be discussed and an appropriate decision will be made.
On September 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin upheld the government’s proposal to sign an agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union.
On May 29, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, which takes force on January 1, 2015.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said on July 10 that the accession agreement will be signed before the end of October. ---0----
