Former Armenian prime minister approved as chairman of Eurasian Economic Commission Board
23.12.2015,
11:39
The Eurasian Economic Union’s (EEU) leaders approved a new composition of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive body of the bloc, at a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission in Moscow on 21 December, EEC said in a statement.
YEREVAN, December 23. /ARKA/. The Eurasian Economic Union’s (EEU) leaders approved a new composition of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive body of the bloc, at a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission in Moscow on 21 December, EEC said in a statement.
It said the current chairman of the EEC Board Viktor Khristenko from Russia will be replaced by former Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsyan, now serving as ambassador to the United States of America.
Viktor Khristenko said that the new EEC Board will include ten people: two representatives of all five member states of the EEU.
“Five people have been working in the Board since its establishment; three people have joined it after the accession of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan; two people are new members. Therefore, the continuity in the EEC Board has been ensured,” Viktor Khristenko specified that the renewed Board will start to fulfill its duties on 1 February 2016.
On 1 February Viktor Khristenko will leave the office of the chairman of the EEC Board. During the previous summit EEU presidents approved the appointment of former Armenia prime minister Tigran Sargsyan as the chairman of the EEC Board.
Viktor Khristenko said that during the session the heads of state approved the budgets of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the EEU Court. He stressed that the leaders decided not to recalculate the salaries of workers of these international organizations because of the difficult economic situation.
The Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission decided also that in 2016 Kazakhstan will be chairing the Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Eurasian Economic Commission Board.
Armenian representative Karine Minasyan will be serving as EEC minister in charge of domestic markets, information and communication technologies. This is a new position to become effective from 2016. -0-
It said the current chairman of the EEC Board Viktor Khristenko from Russia will be replaced by former Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsyan, now serving as ambassador to the United States of America.
Viktor Khristenko said that the new EEC Board will include ten people: two representatives of all five member states of the EEU.
“Five people have been working in the Board since its establishment; three people have joined it after the accession of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan; two people are new members. Therefore, the continuity in the EEC Board has been ensured,” Viktor Khristenko specified that the renewed Board will start to fulfill its duties on 1 February 2016.
On 1 February Viktor Khristenko will leave the office of the chairman of the EEC Board. During the previous summit EEU presidents approved the appointment of former Armenia prime minister Tigran Sargsyan as the chairman of the EEC Board.
Viktor Khristenko said that during the session the heads of state approved the budgets of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the EEU Court. He stressed that the leaders decided not to recalculate the salaries of workers of these international organizations because of the difficult economic situation.
The Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission decided also that in 2016 Kazakhstan will be chairing the Supreme Eurasian Economic Commission, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Eurasian Economic Commission Board.
Armenian representative Karine Minasyan will be serving as EEC minister in charge of domestic markets, information and communication technologies. This is a new position to become effective from 2016. -0-
