ARMENIAN GOVERNMENTAL DELEGATION LEAVES FOR SAINT PETERSBURG TO TAKE PART IN EURASEC INTERSTATE COUNCIL SESSION
ArmInfo
2009-12-11 10:40:00
ArmInfo. The governmental delegation, headed by Prime Minister of
Armenia Tigran Sarkisyan, left for Saint Petersburg today morning
to take part in the 25th session of EurAsEC Interstate Council
of prime ministers. The governmental delegation includes Head of
the governmental staff David Sarkisyan, deputy Foreign Minister of
Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan, as well as deputy Finance Minister Vardan
Aramyan, deputy Economy Minister Mushegh Tumasyan, deputy Transport
and Communication Minister Artashes Avetisyan and other officials.
As Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development reports, within the
frames of the session, it is scheduled to discuss the course of
implementation of joint measures on overcoming of the consequences
of the global financial crisis in the Eurasian Economic Community
member-states, as well as sign an Agreement on the basic principles of
the currency policy of EurAsEC member-states on regulation and control
of transactions related to the flow of capital and an Agreement
on cooperation of EurAsEC member-states in education. Moreover,
it is envisaged to approve the food security Concept of the Eurasian
Economic Community, the Concept of EurAsEC interstate target programmes
"Recultivation of EurAsEC member-states’ territories affected by
the uranium-extracting productions" and "Creation of a system of
information and methodical assurance of implementation of a common
procedure of export control of EurAsEC member-states", the Concept of
creation of an interstate databank on the labors-migrants-citizens
of the Eurasian Economic Community member-states and the Concept of
creation of the Eurasian innovation system. It is also scheduled to
discuss the financial issues, etc.
To note, Armenia has an observer status in EurAsEC since 2003. Moldova
and Ukraine are also observers in EurAsEC. In general, EurAsEC
member-states include Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.